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 […]
Category: Wedding Portraits
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” […]
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 […]