Ally Crilly is a painter living in Telluride, Colorado, whose first works were inspired by elephants and their fierceness, beauty, wisdom, bravery and sorrow. Her inspiration was born from dreams of elephants while she was planning a voyage to Thailand to study yoga. She began painting after being a graphic designer for many decades. She now is expanding her love of creating to products and pattern design. Crilly loves art, mountains, family, yoga and figuring out how to be a human being. She works as an artist, yoga teacher and freelance graphic designer.