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
brise d'Atlantique en duo
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
a nous deux, l'Atlantique
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
marche en marinière
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
tennis de saison
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
nous deux dans le vent frais
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
Duo d'observateurs
13 x 13 cmHKD 1,600Sand
splash outremer
19 x 19 cmHKD 2,400Sand
Maman vigie
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
Réflexologie de mai
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
Papa d'Atlantique estival
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
La team pluie et compagnie
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
Futur ricochet
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
Reflet en eau fraiche
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
vol de serviettes au printemps
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
hésitation iodée
13 x 13 cmHKD 1,600Sand
bottes aventurières
13 x 13 cmHKD 1,600Sand
Frères de rayures
19 x 19 cmHKD 2,400Sand
duo sous le sable
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
Copines en nuages salés
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
là-bas l'outremer
13 x 13 cmHKD 1,600Sand
pied de côte
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
Famille débutante sur sable
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
Le ciel met ses baskets
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
porteur guidé
13 x 13 cmHKD 1,600Sand
l'hiver en marinière
19 x 19 cmHKD 2,400Sand
Balade club
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
Papa là
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
regarder venir l'orage
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
reflet d'un dimanche
80 x 80 cmHKD 31,900Sand
Sable hors saison
19 x 19 cmHKD 2,400Sand
baskets en pause
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
Onirique de plage pour filles attentives
19 x 19 cmHKD 2,400Sand
Jeu de vagues en hiver
13 x 13 cmHKD 1,600Sand
philosophie en marinière
36 x 36 cmHKD 7,100Sand
Parapluies club
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
Jeu de splash en hiver
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600Sand
Copines iodées
25 x 25 cmHKD 4,600