{"product_id":"a-small-window-by-sandra-van-doorn","title":"'A Small Window’ by Sandra van Doorn","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eAcrylic, charcoal, pencil on cotton canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e170 x 170 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the artwork:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne square of sky\u003cbr\u003eframed on the old wall —\u003cbr\u003ea postage stamp\u003cbr\u003eon an unsent letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough it the day arrives:\u003cbr\u003ea slice of blue,\u003cbr\u003ethe edge of a cloud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNever enough to flood the room.\u003cbr\u003eAlways enough to keep breathing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt dusk it turns quiet,\u003cbr\u003ea small dark mirror\u003cbr\u003ewhere my breath appears and fades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI keep returning to this tiny square.\u003cbr\u003eYou only need a small window\u003cbr\u003eto belong —\u003cbr\u003eand to breathe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe belong to the unseen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the artist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSandra is a French-Australian illustrator, author and emerging painter based in Perth, Western Australia. She holds a Masters in Art (Illustration) and bring years of experience illustrating and publishing children’s picture books—including a Kate Greenaway Medal nomination—into her current practice. In her large-scale figurative paintings, she weaves the delicate, searching lines of her sketchbooks with bold form, working primarily in acrylic, charcoal, and pencil. These works explore our universal search for belonging and the quiet contradictions we all navigate: the exhaustion of chasing external validation, and the subtle unease of feeling invisible or adrift in a crowded world.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOften, we glimpse fragments of belonging in life’s smaller moments — the everyday anchors, the shared warmth, and the simple acts of presence. Sandra's paintings invite the viewer to sit gently with their own lost threads, falls, and rebirths, and to discover that while connection with others offers beautiful reflections of belonging, true belonging is something we ultimately forge from within.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oxford Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52759011098840,"sku":"SV004","price":7900.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/1598\/4856\/files\/Screenshot_2026-10-22_115159.png?v=1792641414","url":"https:\/\/oxfordstgallery.com\/products\/a-small-window-by-sandra-van-doorn","provider":"Oxford Street Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}