The artist is Rob Goebel and award winning artist and photographer. His work has been published in numerous magazines including National Geographic, People, Saturday Evening post, People, Sports Illustrated,. He has worked assignments for the New York Times, Us Magazine, USA Today, Black Star Picture Agency. His work has been displayed at the Smithsonian Museum of American History. He also worked as the photographer on a project that won a Pulitzer Prize in investigating reporting for the Indianapolis Star newspaper in 1991. Mr. Goebel holds a B.A. degree from Ball State University and studied art at Southern Illinois University and Huntington University in Indiana.