About the artist: David Jackels served in the U.S. Navy and received a medical retirement after more than eighteen years of service.  Although being able to express his feelings through pictures has always been David’s sanctuary and a way to break from the world and find inner peace, he had not studied Fine Art formally until fourteen years ago when he was accepted into the VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation Program. David furthered his education from an Associate’s Degree in Graphic Communication to a Master of Fine Arts and spends much of his time at the nonprofit organization Visions for Vets helping his fellow Veterans discover the healing power of art