by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic August 2020 This was such a fun photo of my son, Steve Ellis, and his sweet daughter, Sarah, that I just had to paint it for Daddy Steve’s birthday. Below is the reference photo, which was taken at her brother’s wedding (July 2, 2020) and finished in August. […]
Category: Portraits
First Kiss (Kiss)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 156×20 Acrylic Aug 2020 This a painting of our first grandchild to be married – Steven and Laura Ellis. Do we feel old? …Yes! The wedding took place during the coronavirus pandemic. We had been essentially alone except for going out for groceries while wearing a mask. At this reception, […]
Bubbles (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic July 2020 This wedding portrait of David and Gina Ellis emphasizes the fun and bubbly personalities that both of them enjoy and share. It wasn’t meant to be a formal wedding portrait like others I’ve painted; it was meant to be a fun one, hence the bubbles and […]
Love’s Glow (Ellis)
by Godfrey J Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic June 2020 This is a wedding portrait of Braden and Kerry Ellis, who were married 15 years earlier, in 2005. I posted an earlier version of the portrait on an acrylic artists’ FaceBook page to get feedback. People really liked Kerry’s face and the embroidery on the arm […]
The Embrace (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic June 2020 In late Spring, Merry asked that I paint the wedding portraits of our sons as well as our own. Whaaat! That sounded overwhelming, to say the least. Nevertheless, I took on the challenge. The wedding of Steve and April was one of the first wedding portraits […]
Batman (Shingzing)
Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic July 2020 Oliver 7 yrs and Alex 4, the two little boys next door, sit in front of our planter. They have the long hair that came with Covid-19. When I gave this to the family, Dad had given them a haircut. I said, “Do I need to change […]
Demure Missionary (Fenstermaker)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 acrylic June 2020 This is another in my series of gift portraits for missionaries serving in our area. They are all so enthusiastic and sweet and it seems so little to do for them. I took the reference photo in a little photo shoot that I took of her […]
By the Lake (Johnston)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 acrylic 2020 This portrait was painted from a small, very dark, and somewhat fuzzy reference photo (see below). It was the one my friend liked, so… that’s the one we used. I wouldn’t want to do that again, because it made it very difficult. The goal in this portrait was […]
Graduation Memories (Blume)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – May 2020 Acrylic 12×16 My friend, Jeff, has helped us a great deal in the replacement of our front lawn and supplying the soil for the replacement of our back lawn. I wanted to do a painting for him – perhaps his wife or a grandchild. Instead, he wanted a […]
Powder Blue (Nies)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 acrylic 2020 In this portrait of our friend Carol, I tried to strike a balance between realism of the wrinkles and flattery for the subject. I don’t know if I achieved the perfect balance but I tried. This was a difficult painting in many ways and I ran into […]