by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic July 2024 This is my handsome grandson, Samuel Godfrey Ellis and his bride, Kenzie, holding their wedding present painting. He knew it was coming and had my swap out the tie for one of his favorite and, from a color composition point of view, that was a huge […]
Category: Wedding Portraits
In the Forest (Judd)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 16×20 July 2023 This young man did some work for me years ago before his LDS mission. He was marrying this sweet girl the next month and I painted this for them as their wedding present. The challenge in this one was her mouth. It looks simple and straightforward […]
D.C. Temple Snuggle (Shoop)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Jan 2022 A good friend wanted this one as a Christmas/birthday present for his wife. It was their wedding of 25 years ago. The original reference photo was of him in a strange crouch and with their faces so pixilated as to be unpaintable. Here are the faces […]
Take-off (Danielson)
by Godfrey J. Ellis This wedding portrait was of the maternal grandparents of a friend from Church. The young groom was then a first lieutenant pilot in the US Air Force around 1942. At the time, they were not yet assigned the tradition dark blue dress jackets. This young pilot was about to “take off” […]
In the Light (Mitchell)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Oct 2021 This wedding portrait was painted for the man who painted the trim on our house as partial payment. So, it wasn’t so much a commission as a trade of work. His son and bride were photographed outside in front of stairs and metal handrails. They didn’t […]
The Jolly Sailor (Jolley)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic July 2021 This portrait was commissioned by Allen Jolley, the one for whom I had painted, “The Bay of Bengal” as a gift. Since his father was a sailor named Jolly, I had to call this painting, “The Jolly Sailor” and I must say that he looks quite […]
Bouquet (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Sept 2020 acrylic 16×20 Our 20-year-old granddaughter, Sarah, was married on Aug 22nd. I took two wedding photographs and couldn’t decide which one to paint. So, I asked my artist friends from a FaceBook painting group and they convinced me to paint BOTH of them. So this is one of […]
Longboards (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – Sep 2020 acrylic 16×27 Our precious granddaughter, 20-year-old Sarah, was married on Aug 22, 2020. They received many wedding gifts but none was as exciting to them as matching his/her longboards. (We had never even heard of longboards, but they are apparently a modified skateboard.) They were made by one […]
Manti (Haslam)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Oct 2020 Not exactly a commission, this was a work-for-work trade. Merry wanted help from Charlene on a quilt she was making and offered that I would paint a wedding portrait in trade. All Charlene had by way of a reference photo was a blurry and bent Polaroid […]
I Take You… (Ellis)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 Acrylic Sep 2020 Merry was the one who “commissioned” me to paint wedding portraits of three of our sons. AND, she wanted one of our wedding, some 47 years ago, as well. She wanted me to pick out which photo to paint some there was some element of “surprise” […]