Melecio has a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the University of New Mexico. He retired after working for more than 25 years as a pharmacist. Melecio became interested in woodworking in junior high school and is a self-taught artist specializing in watercolors. His works feature northern New Mexico churches and other native scenes, and he also creates beautiful wood vessels.

Adele was an internationally-known artist whose work has been exhibited throughout California and Nevada. She was commissioned to paint a portrait of Golda Meier which now hangs in the Golda Meier Cultural Arts Center in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Kerry began drawing as a child and took college classes in graphic communication. Her hobbies included reading and making holiday ornaments. This artwork was featured in the 1996 MDA Holiday Wishes card collection.

Audrey is an award-winning, internationally recognized artist and retired art teacher. Several of her paintings are in private collections throughout the world. This painting was featured in the 1999 MDA Holiday Wishes card collection.

Paul is a multitalented individual who began building models of famous ships in 1990. The HMS Bounty was one of the last ships Paul built before the disease diminished his abilities. Paul recreated the ships’ details after studying their histories and reading their blueprints. Each ship took several months to build. This model, 1/50 of the size of the original British ship, is the 200th piece donated to the MDA Art Collection.

John began painting on canvas in 1996. For many years, he worked in ceramics and exhibited his work at local fairs and the Northern Florida Ceramic Show. John also volunteered at MDA summer camps, working with the children in ceramics.

Howard has been taking photos for more than 30 years. His subjects include abstracts, animals, people, nature, scenes and still lifes. This photograph depicts the brushes his mother, Adele Feigenbaum, used in creating artwork for many years and that still contain colorful traces of paint. Her work, “Balloon Vendor,” was one of the first accepted into the MDA Art Collection when it began in 1992. The brushes are wrapped in the proper fashion that artists use when they are finished working.