{"product_id":"the-quiet-square-by-sandra-van-doorn","title":"'The Quiet Square’ 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\"\u003e150 x 150 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\u003eWe meet where the village opens\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eonto a small, quiet square.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNarrow streets on every side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld houses leaning in as if to listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBells somewhere behind the roofs,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecalling and keeping time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSummer spilled across the cobblestones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlowers at the windows, on the tables, at our feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe sit inside the hour,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe way you sit inside a house\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethat already knows us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are home, here too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe belong to mornings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ein small places that hold our names.\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":52759197483224,"sku":"SV008","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/1598\/4856\/files\/Screenshot_2026-10-22_120332.png?v=1792641853","url":"https:\/\/oxfordstgallery.com\/products\/the-quiet-square-by-sandra-van-doorn","provider":"Oxford Street Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}