Gilbert hopes to be completely finished with the project by February so the work can be presented at an FCCLA regional competition.

While Gilbert doesn’t believe her art will blossom into a career, the project has broadened her knowledge of the events that inspired the drawings.

Stone hopes to have the first three murals finished and hopefully the fourth mural almost completed by November so the project can be presented to the area veterans during a Veterans Day program.

While the patriotic murals will be finished once Gilbert graduates in May, Stone said future murals could be started if a student shows interest.

FCCLA, Family Career and Community Leaders of America is a nonprofit national organization focused on career and technical student organization for students in Family and Consumer Sciences in public and privates schools up to 12th grade.