nancy benoy

Artist + Art Educator Hamilton, Ontario. Canada.

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No rules colour wheel experiments! So Much Fun. Feeling stuck, bored, fidgety, calm or any other way? This is such a lovely way to play and feel inspired by all the different colours you can make with just the primaries, black and white. 🎨 First i
Composing. Deciding. Subtracting. Adding. Contemplating. Loving every minute of this process. #hamont #canadianartist #artistlife #doitfortheprocess #assemblageart #abstractart #modernart
My piece from the @dvsa.ca 10th Little Black Fundraising event! Delighted this piece has found a home. 💜🟦🟢 #artauction #fundraising #artsmatter #assemblageart #repurposedwood #offcuts #abstractart #contemporaryart
I am not the first to do this and I won’t be the last but it’s my first time trying it and it’s pretty darn fun. Repurposing cracker boxes with paint. Exciting and unique shapes to engage and be inspired by! I am loving this process
Halloween on Tom Street brought to you by the one and only @sapampy ❤️👻🎃! #hamont #strathconaneighbourhood #pumpkinhead #halloween
Picked these two dynamic assemblages up today from the faculty exhibit at @dvsa.ca. Maybe you would like a closer look because you are considering buying a piece of art? 😄 I am here to help make that happen! Both available. 🟢🟣🔵 #dvsafacultyexhib
Hung out with these two lovely & vibrant @naxhamilton artists @maretaregina & @edgartedresaar over the last couple of days and I am thrilled we did an art exchange! 🎨🙏 Come visit us in #hamont again! #nordicartexchange #cottonfactory #a

UPCOMING EVENTS

current work

Art Gallery of Hamilton
Sketchbook Summer feature

artist statement

A blank canvas is an inspiration for Nancy. Colour, mark making and intuition drive her to compose in a spontaneous manner, allowing the paint, pastel, mark making tool to take over. Nancy wants to capture a moment in time, frozen, and ask the viewer to imagine that movement and feeling.

Dozens of multicoloured wood blocks.

work