Gallery and Event Space in Fort Collins

Mallory Cash is known for her vibrant landscape oil paintings that reference the impressionistic style most popularly created by Vincent Van Gogh. As a former pet portrait artist, she has painted well over 7,000 pets. During which she traveled in a self-converted van across the US and Canada taking inspirational photos of the locations she visited knowing one day she would paint them. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit she felt the need to create something cheerful and knew to reflect on the inspirational places she visited in her travels. By using vibrant colors as her palette, reference photos as her guide, and reflecting on the experiences she has had in each location she creates scenes that reveal more than a photo can convey.

After school, he lived on Nantucket Island from 1981-1987, sold artwork in local galleries, and taught printmaking and painting at the Nantucket Artist Association.  He briefly lived and exhibited in Hong Kong before he moved to Alaska and taught art at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1989 to 2001.  Alaska inspired large-scale landscape paintings and the start of his Raven Series.  While there, he illustrated several books on Native American Oral Traditions and the raven was one of the primary images used.  

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He has exhibited in the USA, Canada, South America, Hong Kong, and Russia and won awards in national and international competitions.  His work is included in four museum collections including the Anchorage Museum of History and Art.  He taught drawing, painting and printmaking at the college level from 1987 to 2023.  He lived in Massachusetts, Hong Kong, Alaska, Minnesota, Florida and now Colorado.  He continues to create and explore the rich myths and stories of Raven.

Annalies was raised in The Netherlands and Germany. Being born to a Dutch mother and an Indonesian father led to a life of diversity, not only through her parent’s cultural differences but also having lived in three different countries. Although born in the US, she, her brother and mother moved to Holland when she was a year old. She returned to the US at the age of 19.

Her father’s love of drawing ignited a little spark that over the years steadily grew into a flame, finding expression throughout various avenue’s. It wasn’t until she turned 50 that she allowed her passion specifically for wall art to be realized.

“Fear, doubt and insecurity are toxic feelings. Its energy will cause a crippling effect on one’s psyche, a paralysis of sorts, resulting in the inability to fully be free and

become your true authentic self. I have given the “finger” to these toxic feelings and in the

context of creating and feeling inspired, I am embracing the fact I am an artist, and can refer to myself as an artist. Dare to be seen, put yourself out there and just have fun!”

Annalies predominantly uses pre-used canvases and recycled materials for her art pieces which can include acrylic and recycled paint, as well joint compound any discarded glues, spackle and other forms of medium that will bring dimension to her pieces.

Nitzky paints abstract landscapes and stories in acrylic and mixed media, and draws her inspiration from scenery near and far from her home in Fort Collins, Colorado. She began painting in pastel in the early 2000s, then took a hiatus for a nearly twenty year career in oncology nursing. In 2023, she returned to painting, primarily in acrylic. As a longtime and long distance runner and hiker, she has spent much of her life on mountain trails, in deserts and oceanscapes. She is especially drawn to the rugged landscapes of Mexico, where she has traveled for outdoor adventures and cultural events. 

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Nature is her refuge and spiritual sustenance. The beauty in nature can be presented in abstract form- the feelings, light, movement, and energy. She uses acrylic, paint, ordinary, kitchen, and household tools, and natural materials for texture and effects. She captures the sun crossing the sky, casting shadows in different directions, figures in the clouds, and the effects of wind and weather on the elements of the natural world. She makes her art because she wants to share the magic of what she feels and sees in those remote places where most people never venture on foot. It’s like sharing a closely guarded secret.