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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112 Artworks
Sand
duo sur ciel
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
Aoutiens sur plage
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Papa d'Atlantique estival
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Bain de pieds encrés
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Plage de fraicheur
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
collecte et papotage
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Papa balade
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Copains de ballon salé
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Fin de week-end
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
pause de côté
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
splash sur panama
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
là-bas l'outremer
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
première plage
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Marinière de lichen
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Réflexologie de mai
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
nous et l'océan
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Saut d'hiver
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Papa là
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
espoir de reprise
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Baignade accompagnée
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Youpi de mai en Atlantique
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
maman d'influence
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Fluo du matin
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Réunion au sommet de la vague
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
tennis de saison
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
moussaillon retenu
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
Sororité d'outremer
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
foot ensablé
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Maman d'été indien
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Barda familial d'août
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
capeline sur ciel
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
trésors d'hiver
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
brise d'Atlantique en duo
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Sable hors saison
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
papa d'automne sablé
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
papa d'embruns
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
cirés sur algues vertes
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
passagère en algues vertes
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
duo d'estran
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Splash d'estran
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
marche en marinière
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
maman de moussaillon
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
a nous deux, l'Atlantique
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
pied de côte
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Le turquoise dans l'air
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
nous deux dans le vent frais
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Serviette outre atlantique
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
espoir de trésors
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
splash outremer
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
l'outremer et moi
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Jeu de vagues en hiver
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
philosophes iodés
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
soeurs aux pieds nus
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Famille débutante sur sable
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Maman vigie
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
équipée estivale sur ciel
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
La team pluie et compagnie
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Onirique de plage pour filles attentives
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Casquette d'estran
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Duo d'observateurs
13 x 13 cmSGD 230