by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic – Jan 2023 Another of our wonderful sister missionaries. The challenge in this one was the beautiful smile, hence the title of the painting. I wish I could package that enthusiasm and love for life and sell it on the market place. I would retire a rich man! […]
Category: Portraits
See the Saw
by Godfrey J. Ellis – acrylic Dec 2022 This fun idea was suggested by Merry Ellis. It was for my wonderful granddaughter and her wonderful new husband. It was fun to do.
Four Gen (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Nov 2022 Here are four generations of Ellis’s: Grandpa on the far right; grandson/dad in the middle, son on the left, and Easton at his blessing. One of the challenges of this painting was capturing the effect of the light. I also had to turn all the eyes […]
Little Kingdom (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Nov 2022 This photo of baby Easton surveilling his kingdom from his throne is captivating. I wanted to paint this one. When I had it up for critique, one of my fellow artists said, “Oh, you shouldn’t have show his diaper…” Nonsense! That was part of the overall […]
Necklace Pendant (Stricklin)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Dec 2022 This is a wonderful missionary – kind, sweet, and very competent, a true leader. The challenge with the painting is that the colors didn’t contrast much. The reference photo was taken after the long and hot summer and the grass was anything but green! Here she […]
The Laugh (Miller)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Dec 2022 I’ve painted many, many smiles but never a laugh – so, that was the challenge with this sweet missionary. A smile and a grimace are kissing cousins and I certainly wanted the former and not the latter. You can look at the progress photos and see […]
Gingham (Skinner)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Dec 2022 This is another of our lovely sister missionaries. With the various curving shapes of the hair and clothes, I chose to make the background vertical shapes and lines. Here she is holding her portrait. She was very pleased with it. Below are five photos of various […]
The Young Ram (Parnell)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Nov 2022 This is our next-door neighbor, 10-year-old Darryl. I painted his brother and sister and he was the third child of the family to paint. I thought it would be fun to put him in this oval-shaped oval. This one was fun to do with all the […]
Light thru Glasses (Peacock)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic Oct 2022 Here is the latest missionary. So much life in her – and I tried to capture that. The glasses were fun to do. Here is the reference photo: Below are photos of the painting as it developed:
Tossed Hair (Gajewski)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 16×20 Sep 2022 Another in my series of LDS missionaries serving in our town. I loved the feeling of wind-swept and tossed hair and her pretty smile. I hope I captured that. I was not super-thrilled when she showed up for a photo wearing this dress! but it turned […]