Alyssa Minko, Madeline's Swimming Hole Down at the Russian River en Plein Air, Gouache on Paper, 7 X 6 1/2"

Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 7 X 6 1/2"

"Art has always been an escape. Some days really felt like I needed to get out and put one step in front of another and go out and embrace nature, because it's a reminder of what I find beautiful in life and what keeps me on planet Earth, on the days where it's really challenging to do that." -AM