Mike Taylor recently emailed me about his website -

Greetings,

I came across your site while browsing about people that have died in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflict. The deaths of the soldiers in our military is a terribly tragic thing. We would like to do something for the families who suffered the loss of a soldier. We are offering to do a free, custom charcoal portrait for the families of any soldier that has died in this conflict. As you're probably aware, once these families suffer a loss, they get bombarded by media and we've had a really hard time trying to get a hold of them to let them know we'd like to send them a gift. So instead, we're trying to get the word out that they can come to our site and we will do a professional portrait of their soldier for free.

Would you be kind enough to put a link to our page to let families know we'd like to give this gift to them in their time of loss...

The artist, Kevin Taylor, says this about the free portraits (via the website):
"I feel strongly that our soldiers and their families have given more than any one of us can fully appreciate. This is my small way to say thank you and I hope this portrait gives some comfort at a time of loss."

You can check out the website here: http://www.shesgotyoureyes.com/soldiers.php

Here is a sample of their work; you can find other samples at the site.



HOOOAH to those who use their talents to support the families of heroes in such a special way.