Allyson started watercolor painting in 2012 and has been able to bring her journal and paints with her on climbing trips, resulting in small compositions that reflect her appreciation of the mountains. She climbs mostly in Yosemite, but has also climbed around the United States, in Europe, and recently in 2015-16, in Patagonia on the Fitz Roy Massif with the help of a Live Your Dream Grant from the American Alpine Club. 

Photograph courtesy of Kelly Vorves.