Nancy Guild Bendall’s art focuses on the familiar themes of life from ultra realism to fantasy, and all shades in between. Her themed collections of digital paintings are published in short portfolio books, paired with chosen quotes from renowned word artists. Whether kept out for occasional inspiration, or gifted to friends, this affordable art aims to combine the beauty of form with the thoughtful stimulation of the written word.
“Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.” 
(Danny Kaye)
From - The Purpose of Ar​t
​“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 portfolio 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.  
The Purpose of Art
19 paintings, paired with inspiring quotes from leading wordsmiths.
​$18
Whenever I Feel Blue..
25 thought provoking paintings captioned with the word art of insightful writers.
​$15
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
​$15
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
​$15
"Why would a Rhyll want to be friends with an ordinary boy like me?"
An Illustrated fantasy novel by Nancy Guild Bendall
​$19
A coming of age tale wrapped in a fantasy.
by Nancy Guild Bendall
$19