The Catch (Brunson)

by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 14×18 October 2025

This painting was a gift for our friend, Steve. He has done so much for us that this doesn’t begin to pay back.

The reference photo is just a snapshot of a King Salmon he had caught on a trip to Alaska. I initially thought the other man was his son, but later learned that it was a deckhand. Steve apparently did not have the correct license for this type of salmon but the deckhand manipulated licenses so that Steve could keep it.