KERA Art & Seek
“I've sat down several times a day, for the past week, trying to write an email to THANK YOU for the incredible gift of Jimmy's portrait you presented on Sunday. I just could not come up with the right words to convey our gratitude … then I realized, there SIMPLY aren't any words to express how grateful we are!!!! Jimmy now hangs over the fireplace in our family room, this location allows everyone to see him on a daily basis, and even have conversations with him….”
That’s an excerpt from a letter that Frisco artist Phil Taylor received recently from the family of Army Sgt. James Regan. The Manhasset, N.Y. native was killed in Iraq on Feb. 9, 2007 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. As part of his American Fallen Soldiers Project, Taylor painted Regan’s portrait and presented it in person to his family on Nov. 15. It’s the 50th such portrait (click here to see all of them) that Taylor has painted since 2006 of military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq . . .
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