Artist Donates Paintings of Fallen Soldiers to Families

Kaziah Hancock is an artist who lives on a ranch in Utah. When the first U.S. soldier from Utah was killed, she painted his portrait and made it a gift to his parents. But she didn't stop there. She kept on painting portraits of fallen U.S. service men and women, nearly 250 of them, from almost every state. She frames them and sends them to the parents, a gift of love. She refuses to accept a single penny for her work, which normally brings in thousands of dollars for each portrait or landscape she paints.

When she painted the portrait of Dale Panchot, a soldier from Minnesota, she said that he should have been a husband and a father, and should have lived to age 80. "I sure wish I didn't have to paint his portrait," she said. Dale's parents were touched to receive the painting, which now hangs in their living room.

Kaziah Hancock is one great lady, doing her part in the best way she can, armed with love, canvas and an artist's paint brush.

See her story at the Military Times website.

First photo: Kaziah shows a finished portrait ready for shipment to parents.

Second photo: Portrait of Dale Panchot

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Kaziah's Website

Kaziah has a website at this link. You can view all of her paintings of fallen soldiers there, too - she calls them Portraits of Heroes.

Hat Tip for Story: Larry Bovshow. Larry is a long-time reader of Saber Point. He's a real estate broker in Beverly Hills, California. Larry, the next time I am out that way, I want to buy dinner for you and your wife.