Sand | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Sand
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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…
Currently this artist is only exhibited in our online gallery.
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- 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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(87 Artworks)
87 Artworks


Sand
Serviette outre atlantique
19 x 19 cm205 €

Sand
équipe de plage rose
13 x 13 cm135 €

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passagère en algues vertes
13 x 13 cm135 €

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nous deux dans le vent frais
36 x 36 cm565 €

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Réflexologie de mai
25 x 25 cm335 €

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splash outremer
19 x 19 cm205 €

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Famille débutante sur sable
25 x 25 cm335 €

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Parapluies club
25 x 25 cm335 €

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Copines iodées
25 x 25 cm335 €

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marche en marinière
25 x 25 cm335 €

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Atlantique en bande organisée
36 x 36 cm565 €

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Youpi de mai en Atlantique
36 x 36 cm565 €

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espoir de reprise
36 x 36 cm565 €

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maman de moussaillon
36 x 36 cm565 €

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Papa parasol
25 x 25 cm335 €

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co-balade iodée
25 x 25 cm335 €

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exploration en famille
25 x 25 cm335 €

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discussion côtière
13 x 13 cm135 €

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vol de serviettes au printemps
36 x 36 cm565 €

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tennis de saison
36 x 36 cm565 €

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Papa d'Atlantique estival
25 x 25 cm335 €

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Contre-jour de papa iodé
36 x 36 cm565 €

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La team pluie et compagnie
36 x 36 cm565 €

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philosophie en marinière
36 x 36 cm565 €

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Le sel de novembre
36 x 36 cm565 €

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Trésors de plage
36 x 36 cm565 €

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pied de côte
25 x 25 cm335 €



