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
Papa indicateur
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Sororité d'outremer
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Famille débutante sur sable
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
introspection de casquette
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Vent de fin de plage
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Réunion au sommet de la vague
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
vol de serviettes au printemps
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Baignade accompagnée
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
espoir de reprise
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
destination par là
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Papa d'Atlantique estival
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Casquette d'estran
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
introspection en Atlantique
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Copines en nuages salés
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
reflet d'un dimanche
80 x 80 cmSGD 5,200Sand
Nous en bleu lichen
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Marinière de lichen
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Barda familial d'août
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
lecture sur lichen rouge
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Hiver mérité
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
pied de côte
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
splash outremer
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
photographe en famille
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
Reflet en eau fraiche
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Duo d'observateurs
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
l'outremer et moi
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Atlantique au futur
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Vélo de plage assorti
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
philosophes iodés
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
pause de côté
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Plage de fraicheur
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
exploration en famille
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Onirique de plage pour filles attentives
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
Copains de ballon salé
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
lacets de plage
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
a nous deux, l'Atlantique
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
brise d'Atlantique en duo
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
capeline d'Atlantique
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
soeurs aux pieds nus
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Papa parasol
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Maman vigie
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Contre-jour de papa iodé
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Père en eau salée
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Papa là
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Balade club
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
regarder venir l'orage
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Bicyclette iodée en mai
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Frères de rayures
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
là-bas l'outremer
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
La team pluie et compagnie
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
un, deux, trois
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
Bain de pieds encrés
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
équipe de plage rose
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
Respiration de novembre iodée
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Fluo du matin
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
hésitation iodée
13 x 13 cmSGD 230Sand
cirés sur algues vertes
19 x 19 cmSGD 390Sand
papa attentif et iodé
25 x 25 cmSGD 650Sand
Trésors de plage
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100Sand
Youpi de mai en Atlantique
36 x 36 cmSGD 1,100