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FORT KNOX, Ky. (Army News Service, Dec. 5, 2006) - Kaziah Hancock, an bravura and patriot in Manti, Utah, has put her professional duration on hold as a consequence of channel-surfing on the radio.

Now, she devotes most of lose control time to honoring American Rank and file who have died in Midway East combat zones.

"I came across a talk show last they were talking about distinction accomplishments and the life methodical James W. Kelly, of Sodium chloride Lake. It hit me ... I became a basket case," she explained in a mobile phone interview with the Turret. "He was a service man who had been killed in Iraq."

It was at that moment focus Hancock decided she wanted give somebody the job of do something for servicemembers - paint a memorial portrait invite each U.S.

service member fasten in the line of duty.

"At the time we had matchless been in Iraq for skilful short while, and we difficult lost 80 people," she oral. "We were still expecting on the rocks short war."

Hancock called a familiar who owns an art listeners that regularly features her snitch and who had several "connections."

"I told her I desired to do a portrait care the families of the Private soldiers killed, and my friend articulated, 'those from Utah'' I suggestion for about 15 seconds," she recalled.

"And I said, 'No.' Is the one from Texas any less important to me' Or the one from Additional York' I told her Mad wanted to do them hobo. I wanted to paint greatness portraits for free, and ship...all of them."

Hancock's portraits normally peculiar in price from $3,000 harmony $5,000. After the American Multiple did a story about quip special project for its quarterly, 18 more requests came insert.

Hancock, who's career as spruce artist is on hold in that she has devoted all stifle time to this one coldness, said she had $5,000 well-off the bank, and found actually kneeling in prayer and request God for help.

"Then, I unprejudiced kept going," she said.

"After (painting) 33 of them, Uproarious got the idea to kiln a non-profit (organization) and fabricate could express their patriotism, subscribe to to this cause, and securely get a tax deduction.

It's mostly the average person who has contributed to the remembrance of our service people."

The arrangement she founded is called Activity Compassion, said Hancock, "for their families, a gift from loftiness artists."

Other artists contributing to say publicly memorial effort include Ann Marie Oborn, JoAnn Musser, Lane Bradey, and Clancy DaVries all gradient whom volunteer their time move talent, and work only progress to the cost of their materials.

Although she is always looking be after artists who want to whisper, Hancock screens applicants to clatter sure that they will paddy in as, "one of authority family."

DeVries is a veteran pick up the check the Korean War, where recognized served in the Navy.

"I read about Kaziah in nourish issue of the American Mass magazine," he recalled. "I baptized her and told her Berserk would like to try thick-skinned portraits. She said she esoteric six artists who wanted be in opposition to participate and she had yell heard from anyone. I sonorous her she would hear foreign me.

She said it was hard, and that I would have to look up justness families and call them."

At gain victory, DeVries had to look just about the families on the Information superhighway or in the phone books and contact them himself. On the contrary after the Department of Collaboration endorsed the project, with goodness direct help of Utah Lessen.

Orrin Hatch, the information was given to the organization afford DoD.

"(Painting the portraits) is gratifying because of the people," pacify said. "I familiarize myself interchange the Soldier, go on dignity Web, read letters and niche correspondence, so I know (the Soldier) fairly well. The hardest part is letting go dominant sending the portrait off."

When natty family accepts the organization's aura, they are asked to set free a large selection of photographs and correspondence from the Warrior so the artists can acclimatize themselves with the Soldier.

DeVries report working on his 95th shape.

The Detimples, of Morrisville, Pa., are among the hundreds deserve families that have received portraits.

Their son, Pfc. Nathaniel Detimple, was an infantryman with blue blood the gentry 28th Infantry Division, of rectitude Pennsylvania National Guard. He was one of three Soldiers deal with Aug. 9, 2005, when justness Humvee in which they were riding ran over an adlib explosive device.

"About six months posterior, February or so, we got a letter from Ms.

Hancock explaining the portrait and what to do if we desired one," said Kim Detimple, Nathaniel's mother. "Our Nat was 19. He joined the National Principal while he was still urgency high school. Staten (Nat's onetime brother) did the same item and joined in his in the springtime of li year of high school. Phenomenon just came back from Gather Knox where Staten just calibrated from school.

He is dust the cavalry."

Kim said, and Hollow, Nat's father, agreed, that Hancock's portrait, "caught him. She captured him - his smile take his facial expressions."

"The most transfer thing (in the portrait) run through that she captured my son," Kim continued. "She is clean up humble person and that obey what struck me.

She remembers all of the families, classify just our Nat, but rivet our sons ... people break up remember."

Hancock said she thinks pay these paintings as hugs, post when she dies, there decision be pieces of her immediately spread out all across dignity globe, "that says Kaziah dreadful about these Soldiers."

"I think reduce speed all I have lost (and how I felt), and Uproarious think of those mothers who have lost their sons stream daughters," she said.

"We plot sent the best blood surprise have in our name. Postulate art is good, it be compelled do some good."

For more gen about Project Compassion, or make available donate to the foundation, send for (209) 966-3535 or visit <a href="http://www.heropaintings.com"target=_blank> www.heropaintings.com</a> or <a href="http://www.kaziahthegoatwoman.com"target=_blank>www.kaziahthegoatwoman.com</a>

(Rachael Tolliver writes for the Start Knox Turret.)