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Mural at Riverside Park honours fallen soldiers No matter what side of the political spectrum you sit on, what your thoughts on war are, no matter how old you are or if you have children, everyone should take a few minutes out of their day this upcoming Thursday, July 28 and head down to Riverside Park to take a look at the Portraits of Honour tour that will be rolling into town that day. “157 Canadian soldiers have died in combat in Afganistan,” explains Portraits of Honour artist Dave Sopha. “The Portraits of Honour National Tour is centred on a 10’ x 35’ oil painted mural featuring the hand painted portraits of the 155 Canadian soldiers, sailors and aircrew who have lost their lives while serving in Afghanistan. The last two have lost their lives since the tour has started and their portraits will be in progress along the way.” The mural has taken Kinsmen and volunteer artist Dave Sopha over 6,500 hours so far to paint but admits that his work won’t be complete until our combat mission in Afghanistan comes to a close. The mural will be toured across Canada in a specialized mobile display trailer and organizers expect to raise over $1.5 million. The funds raised will support the Military Families Fund and established military charities to assist families of the fallen and to assist the thousands of military personnel who return home with physical or emotional injuries. Organizers will also seek to fund other charities who offer additional troop and family support that falls outside of the Military Families Fund mandate. Although the journey across Canada only started this May, the whole project has been going much longer. It all started back in
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Dave Sopha has been airbrushing murals and paintings for the past 38 years. He discovered his artistic talent during an eight-month recovery following a car accident in 1970 that left him with a broken back. Dave has had an extensive career supporting military murals across the country in Legions and memorials, receiving numerous awards for his work. The Portraits of Honour mural is Dave’s first excursion in to the world of oil painting.
2008 while Dave’s nephew was serving in Afganistan. “In 2008 my nephew was on his 2nd or 3rd tour in Afganistan,” he explains. “We would watch and read the news and hear of fallen soldiers, we always had our fingers crossed that it wasn’t Sean and were happy to find out it wasn’t him. I was ashamed to be happy at someone else’s loss as these soldiers are somebody’s child. These postage stamp
size pictures did not give these soldiers justice so I went out and had a special made canvas created and painted bigger than life portraits of all of our fallen soldiers. The response has been overwhelming.” More than coming to see his work, Dave hopes that people come out in every city to show support for those families who have lost – continued on page 2
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