Sand | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Sand
- France
Painter
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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
capeline sur ciel
13 x 13 cm2.625 TRYSand
regarder venir l'orage
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
équipée estivale sur ciel
13 x 13 cm2.625 TRYSand
duo sous le sable
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
Youpi de mai en Atlantique
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
Sable hors saison
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRYSand
Copines en nuages salés
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
un, deux, trois
13 x 13 cm2.625 TRYSand
pause de côté
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRYSand
Papa parasol
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
collecte et papotage
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
Copains de ballon salé
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRYSand
Hiver mérité
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRYSand
Famille débutante sur sable
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
espoir de trésors
13 x 13 cm2.625 TRYSand
Future flotteuse
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
soeurs aux pieds nus
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
lecture sur lichen rouge
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
Maman vigie
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
Nous en bleu lichen
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
lacets de plage
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
nous et l'océan
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRYSand
Duo d'observateurs
13 x 13 cm2.625 TRYSand
Atlantique au futur
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
Fin de week-end
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRYSand
ciel de marinière
80 x 80 cm39.900 TRYSand
destination par là
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
photographe et assistants de plage
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
Barda familial d'août
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRYSand
espoir de reprise
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
Papa d'Atlantique estival
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
Futur ricochet
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
Trésors de plage
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
là-bas l'outremer
13 x 13 cm2.625 TRYSand
Père en eau salée
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
Fluo du matin
19 x 19 cm4.095 TRYSand
pieds d'hiver
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
Vent de fin de plage
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
hésitation iodée
13 x 13 cm2.625 TRYSand
photographe en famille
13 x 13 cm2.625 TRYSand
Baignade accompagnée
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
Papa balade
36 x 36 cm11.445 TRYSand
Jeu de vagues en hiver
13 x 13 cm2.625 TRYSand
brise d'Atlantique en duo
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRYSand
exploration en famille
25 x 25 cm6.615 TRY