Guendalina Monti was born on January 28th, 1954 in Mondovi, wine country. Her family was full of artists; her grandmother was a painter, and her great uncle was a stagecraft artist at the beginning of the 20th century when Turin was the capital of Italian cinema. Guendalina started to paint when she was 10 years old, making pastel portraits of her family, and soon after of members of her village. In high school she trained in painting rural landscapes following her country girl instinct. Guendalina then attended a college for architecture, then proceeded to study under the famous Italian artist Fabiano Cassini for five years. Guendalina continues to live in the countryside, close to the Alps, in a village of 250 people. She is a lover of nature and life in the country. She grows her own vegetables and cultivates fruit trees with her husband. She poetically interprets the colors of nature and the emotions of the people she meets. She believes strongly that nature is sacred and must be preserved. Style wise, Guendalina is inspired by the original Italian impressionists. Her landscapes typically focus on the foggy lands of the North and the sun drenched lands of the South.