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
Copines iodées
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pause de côté
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foot ensablé
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Parapluies club
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cirés sur algues vertes
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équipée estivale sur ciel
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jeu d'estran
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maman de moussaillon
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
splash outremer
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
première plage
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duo d'estran
19 x 19 cm359 CADSand
bottes aventurières
13 x 13 cm239 CADSand
Splash féminin
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famille de mi-saison
25 x 25 cm589 CADSand
Pieds encrés
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papa d'automne sablé
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espoir de trésors
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l'outremer et moi
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Onirique de plage pour filles attentives
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Plage de fraicheur
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Frères de rayures
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Le sel de novembre
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vol de serviettes au printemps
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Reflet en eau fraiche
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papa d'embruns
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a nous deux, l'Atlantique
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Serviette outre atlantique
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lecture sur lichen rouge
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Papa parasol
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Splash d'estran
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Baignade accompagnée
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porteur guidé
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moussaillon retenu
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Jeu de vagues en hiver
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Bain de pieds encrés
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Marinière de lichen
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Papa là
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Réflexologie de mai
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photographe et assistants de plage
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
marche en marinière
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Future flotteuse
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Contre-jour de papa iodé
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Sororité d'outremer
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futur moussaillon
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exploration en famille
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Le turquoise dans l'air
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philosophie en marinière
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
balade de mi-saison
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Sable hors saison
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Père en eau salée
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philosophes iodés
36 x 36 cm999 CADSand
Saut d'hiver
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Youpi de mai en Atlantique
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