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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105 Artworks
Sand
panama sur lit de sel
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Papa balade
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Allez hop, en marinière
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
capeline d'Atlantique
25 x 25 cm280 EURSand
Le sel de novembre
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Vent de fin de plage
25 x 25 cm280 EURSand
nous deux dans le vent frais
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
philosophie en marinière
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
l'outremer et moi
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
introspection de casquette
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
Pieds encrés
13 x 13 cm110 EURSand
Futur ricochet
25 x 25 cm280 EURSand
hésitation iodée
13 x 13 cm110 EURSand
Copines iodées
25 x 25 cm280 EURSand
nous et l'océan
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
Maman vigie
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
splash outremer
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
maman d'influence
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
Serviette outre atlantique
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
Papa indicateur
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Atlantique en bande organisée
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Fluo du matin
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
Saut d'hiver
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
Onirique de plage pour filles attentives
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
Respiration de novembre iodée
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
pieds d'hiver
25 x 25 cm280 EURSand
un, deux, trois
13 x 13 cm110 EURSand
espoir de reprise
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
pause de côté
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
marche en marinière
25 x 25 cm280 EURSand
Hiver mérité
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
porteur guidé
13 x 13 cm110 EURSand
là-bas l'outremer
13 x 13 cm110 EURSand
Trésors de plage
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
photographe et assistants de plage
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Sable hors saison
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
cirés sur algues vertes
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
équipée estivale sur ciel
13 x 13 cm110 EURSand
exploration en famille
25 x 25 cm280 EURSand
Père en eau salée
25 x 25 cm280 EURSand
Marinière de lichen
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
Balade club
36 x 36 cm480 EURSand
Splash d'estran
19 x 19 cm180 EURSand
espoir de trésors
13 x 13 cm110 EURSand
Splash féminin
19 x 19 cm180 EUR