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 cm110 €Sand
baskets en pause
25 x 25 cm280 €Sand
reflet d'un dimanche
80 x 80 cm2.100 €Sand
l'hiver en marinière
19 x 19 cm180 €Sand
Futur ricochet
25 x 25 cm280 €Sand
Bain de pieds encrés
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
Barda familial d'août
19 x 19 cm180 €Sand
photographe et assistants de plage
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
Balade club
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
nous deux dans le vent frais
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
tennis de saison
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
Copains de ballon salé
19 x 19 cm180 €Sand
Sororité d'outremer
19 x 19 cm180 €Sand
hésitation iodée
13 x 13 cm110 €Sand
équipée estivale sur ciel
13 x 13 cm110 €Sand
Atlantique en bande organisée
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
exploration en famille
25 x 25 cm280 €Sand
Aoutiens sur plage
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
ciel de marinière
80 x 80 cm2.100 €Sand
là-bas l'outremer
13 x 13 cm110 €Sand
Le ciel met ses baskets
25 x 25 cm280 €Sand
Le sel de novembre
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
Serviette outre atlantique
19 x 19 cm180 €Sand
Splash féminin
19 x 19 cm180 €Sand
destination par là
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
Copines iodées
25 x 25 cm280 €Sand
splash outremer
19 x 19 cm180 €Sand
Youpi de mai en Atlantique
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
Copines en nuages salés
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
Jeu de splash en hiver
25 x 25 cm280 €Sand
Splash d'estran
19 x 19 cm180 €Sand
La team pluie et compagnie
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
Famille débutante sur sable
25 x 25 cm280 €Sand
vol de serviettes au printemps
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
Vent de fin de plage
25 x 25 cm280 €Sand
panama sur lit de sel
36 x 36 cm480 €Sand
Maman d'été indien
25 x 25 cm280 €