The Artist Nancy Bennett was born in 1944, her father was an immigrant from Iraq and mother a Kansas city native. As a young artist she worked as a portrait artist at Disneyland California, she then studied painting and sculpture and the California College of the Arts, The Art Institute of San Francisco and Cal State Long Beach. A constant theme in her work is her remarkable use of color. They are imbued with the sophistication of an artist who was both a skilled sketch artist and a master with paint and brush. Made available by her two surviving sons, her works leave a legacy of creativity and a love of beauty and also serve the lasting purpose of raising money to help end suffering as all profits from the sale of her works will go to find a cure for Leukemia, the disease that took her life when she still had so much more to give.