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
Onirique de plage pour filles attentives
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
reflet d'un dimanche
80 x 80 cm2.150 EURSand
Fluo du matin
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Youpi de mai en Atlantique
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
exploration en famille
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
collecte et papotage
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Maman vigie
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
pause de côté
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
duo sous le sable
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
cirés sur algues vertes
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
philosophes iodés
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
discussion côtière
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
Nous en bleu lichen
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
ciel de marinière
80 x 80 cm2.150 EUR- Sold
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pieds d'hiver
25 x 25 cm285 EUR Sand
équipe de plage rose
13 x 13 cm115 EUR- Sold
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papa attentif et iodé
25 x 25 cm285 EUR Sand
Casquette d'estran
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
brise d'Atlantique en duo
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
Splash féminin
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Vent de fin de plage
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
porteur guidé
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
Hiver mérité
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Papa parasol
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
capeline d'Atlantique
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
Futur ricochet
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
Fin de week-end
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
photographe et assistants de plage
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
l'outremer et moi
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
destination par là
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Réflexologie de mai
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
Respiration de novembre iodée
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
tennis de saison
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Bain de pieds encrés
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
maman d'influence
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Sable hors saison
19 x 19 cm185 EURSand
Atlantique au futur
25 x 25 cm285 EURSand
espoir de trésors
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
a nous deux, l'Atlantique
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
bottes aventurières
13 x 13 cm115 EURSand
Saut d'hiver
19 x 19 cm185 EUR