For the past 25 years Nancy Guild Bendall’s art has focused on the familiar themes of life from ultra realism to fantasy, and all shades in between. She is now working on themed collections of digital paintings, available as both booklets and as individual art prints. Each print is paired with a chosen quote from a renowned word artist. ​
The Purpose of Art
​Latest selection of Art Prints from Nancy Guild Bendall
​“I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman.” (Peter Max)
From - The Purpose of Ar​t
“Tears are words the mouth can't say nor can the heart bear.” (Joshua Wisenbaker)
From  - Whenever I Feel Blue..
​“The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.”   (Virginia Woolf)
From - Horses - A Study in White ​
"Why would a Rhyll want to be friends with an ordinary boy like me?"
​From -  The Nights and Times of Ned Clery.
From -  "The Art of Christmas"
​“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes
and curl my back to loneliness.” (Maya Angelou)
From  - The Purpose of Art
       Nancy Guild Bendall is a Canadian artist and story teller. While she has inherited her passion for art from her parents, Nancy’s whimsical writing ability has been shaped through her research and thesis on fantasy literature (M.A., McMaster University) and by her technical training she completed at Sheridan College: School of Fine Arts.
      While Nancy loves to experiment with multi-media materials, such as clay, wood, glass, and metals, she is most proud of her illustrated fantasy novels and collections of her digital paintings. 
​       Working from her home studio in the artist’s community of Alton, north-west of Toronto, Nancy is inspired by its artistic atmosphere and natural surroundings.  
Art Booklets and Illustrated Fantasy Novels
The Purpose of Art
19 full brilliant full colour paintings, paired with inspiring quotes from leading wordsmiths.
 "Nethermost Regained" is Nancy's latest illustrated fantasy novel
Whenever I Feel Blue..
25 thought provoking paintings captioned with the word art of insightful writers. 
Horses - A Study in White       "These grey-tone digital paintings study the noble and majestic form of the horse within which the eye completes the suggested boundary of a white image against a white background." ​
14 paintings and 14 insightful quotations
Let it Snow...
"I use a grisaille brush to portray the whiteness of snow on a white canvas playing with trompe i'oeil techniques to challenge and delight."
11 paintings and quotations
20 full colour paintings - available October