{"product_id":"pieces-of-me-by-sandra-van-doorn","title":"'Pieces of Me’ 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\"\u003e100 x 160 cm (quadriptych)\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\u003ePieces of me do not agree,\u003cbr\u003ethey still answer to my name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA room we cannot settle in.\u003cbr\u003eA table where the talk goes on\u003cbr\u003ewithout us.\u003cbr\u003eA life that fits someone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot every hour is meant to hold us.\u003cbr\u003eNot every house is the one we keep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo stand apart\u003cbr\u003eis also a kind of finding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe way home\u003cbr\u003eis sometimes the door we do not take.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnbelonging is belonging to yourself.\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":52759346675928,"sku":"SV0011","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/1598\/4856\/files\/Screenshot_2026-10-22_121210.png?v=1792642363","url":"https:\/\/oxfordstgallery.com\/products\/pieces-of-me-by-sandra-van-doorn","provider":"Oxford Street Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}