Rosalie is interested in sculpting, watercolor painting, pastels and ceramics along with oil painting. She is retired from real estate sales and does volunteer work for MDA and her church.

Dottie began creating artwork in junior high school, particularly painting people with the hope of becoming a dress designer.  She later designed and sewed many of her daughter’s clothes, including her wedding dress.  Other hobbies she enjoyed were crocheting, beading and tole painting.  With her arm strength weakening after a diagnosis of ALS in 1998, Dottie searched for another way to continue creating art and found a computer paint program.  This artwork took more than 72 hours to complete.

Tina is a “self-taught” artist who began drawing and painting in childhood.  She also writes poetry and has had her work published in the Poetry Guild magazine.

Luis was an information analyst and enjoyed photography, computer graphics and working in mosaics.  This artwork, originally a photograph taken during a trip to Spain, combines several techniques to achieve the finished product.  Luis was a member of the MDA National Task Force on Public Awareness and received MDA’s Personal Achievement Award for the District of Columbia in 1998 and 2001.

Renée has degrees in liberal studies and early childhood education.  Her interests include reading, scrapbooking and tutoring children.  She also is training her yellow lab for a service dog.

Richard has been doing pencil art for nearly ten years.  His other hobbies include woodworking, traveling, landscaping and bird watching.  Richard has won awards for his artwork at local county fairs.

Jan earned a B. A. in English from California State University, Sacramento.  She has received awards for photography and painting.  Jan has also authored numerous articles and two books, and is a member of the MDA National Task Force on Public Awareness.  She was named the 2001 MDA National Personal Achievement Award recipient.

Ariane was an accomplished New York artist whose works are in many permanent collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  Her stylized representational figures and exuberant use of color were distinctly her own.