Sand | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Sand
- France
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The seaside constitutes at the same time the pretext, the red thread of my plastic research and the raw material of the exchange with the spectator.
"I left the frenzy of the corporate world to come and live all year round on the shores of the Atlantic, where I paint as naturally as I breathe, taking the time to live every moment fully from now on." It is in these words that SANDrine Gergaud evokes her new life, combining changes of residence and career. Formerly an industrial designer in the Nantes agglomeration, in 2009 she decided to settle in the commune of Paimboeuf, located on the south bank of the Loire estuary and opened a workshop devoted to her research and artistic experiments, as well as to the exhibition and sale of her first paintings. Three years later, under the nickname SAND - which means sand in English and German - she enrolled at the Maison des Artistes and became a full-time painter.
Passionate about marine environment and the atmosphere that is so characteristic of the seaside, SAND works to collect, detail and hold onto snapshots of life. Armed with a palette of acrylics with resolutely soft tones, she likes to capture locals and holiday makers in their simple daily actions. Created based on a realistic outline centered more on the representation of a situation than on the accurate copy of an observed reality, the characters emerge from an evocative and uncertain background, where the horizon disappears in favour of an infinite landscape, which cannot be distinguished by outlines or destination. Bright and poetic, each scene then becomes the beginning of a narrative for the viewer, so that in turn "with its share of interpretation, personality and projection", it continues writing…
- France :
- 2021ExpositionSaint-Nazaire, France
- 2014Exhibition at the Semaphore of the Saint-Gildas PeakPréfailles, France
- 1993Degree in Industrial DesignNantes Atlantique Design School, France
- 1971BirthNantes, France
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Sand
duo sur ciel
13 x 13 cm239 CADSand
Aoutiens sur plage
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Papa d'Atlantique estival
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
Bain de pieds encrés
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Plage de fraicheur
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
collecte et papotage
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Papa balade
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Copains de ballon salé
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
Fin de week-end
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
pause de côté
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
splash sur panama
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
là-bas l'outremer
13 x 13 cm239 CADSand
première plage
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
Marinière de lichen
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
Réflexologie de mai
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
nous et l'océan
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
Saut d'hiver
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
Papa là
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
espoir de reprise
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Baignade accompagnée
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
Youpi de mai en Atlantique
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
maman d'influence
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
Fluo du matin
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
Réunion au sommet de la vague
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
tennis de saison
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
moussaillon retenu
13 x 13 cm239 CADSand
Sororité d'outremer
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
foot ensablé
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Maman d'été indien
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
Barda familial d'août
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
capeline sur ciel
13 x 13 cm239 CADSand
trésors d'hiver
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
brise d'Atlantique en duo
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
Sable hors saison
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
papa d'automne sablé
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
papa d'embruns
13 x 13 cm239 CADSand
cirés sur algues vertes
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
passagère en algues vertes
13 x 13 cm239 CADSand
duo d'estran
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
Splash d'estran
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
marche en marinière
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
maman de moussaillon
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
a nous deux, l'Atlantique
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
pied de côte
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
Le turquoise dans l'air
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
nous deux dans le vent frais
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Serviette outre atlantique
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
espoir de trésors
13 x 13 cm239 CADSand
splash outremer
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
l'outremer et moi
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Jeu de vagues en hiver
13 x 13 cm239 CADSand
philosophes iodés
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
soeurs aux pieds nus
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Famille débutante sur sable
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
Maman vigie
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
équipée estivale sur ciel
13 x 13 cm239 CADSand
La team pluie et compagnie
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Onirique de plage pour filles attentives
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
Casquette d'estran
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Duo d'observateurs
13 x 13 cm239 CAD