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 cm115 EURSand
Aoutiens sur plage
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Papa d'Atlantique estival
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
Bain de pieds encrés
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Plage de fraicheur
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
collecte et papotage
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Papa balade
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Copains de ballon salé
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Fin de week-end
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
pause de côté
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
splash sur panama
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
là-bas l'outremer
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
première plage
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Marinière de lichen
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Réflexologie de mai
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
nous et l'océan
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Saut d'hiver
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Papa là
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
espoir de reprise
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Baignade accompagnée
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
Youpi de mai en Atlantique
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
maman d'influence
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Fluo du matin
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Réunion au sommet de la vague
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
tennis de saison
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
moussaillon retenu
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
Sororité d'outremer
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
foot ensablé
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Maman d'été indien
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
Barda familial d'août
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
capeline sur ciel
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
trésors d'hiver
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
brise d'Atlantique en duo
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
Sable hors saison
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
papa d'automne sablé
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
papa d'embruns
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
cirés sur algues vertes
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
passagère en algues vertes
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
duo d'estran
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Splash d'estran
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
marche en marinière
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
maman de moussaillon
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
a nous deux, l'Atlantique
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
pied de côte
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
Le turquoise dans l'air
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
nous deux dans le vent frais
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Serviette outre atlantique
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
espoir de trésors
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
splash outremer
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
l'outremer et moi
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Jeu de vagues en hiver
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
philosophes iodés
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
soeurs aux pieds nus
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Famille débutante sur sable
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
Maman vigie
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
équipée estivale sur ciel
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
La team pluie et compagnie
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Onirique de plage pour filles attentives
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Casquette d'estran
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Duo d'observateurs
13 x 13 cm115 EUR