{"product_id":"the-spaces-between-us-by-sandra-van-doorn","title":"'The Spaces Between us’ 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\u003eWe sit on the same bench.\u003cbr\u003eLives poured into a cup,\u003cbr\u003edebated on a side table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI seem to be here\u003cbr\u003emy cup still full,\u003cbr\u003ea small brown lake\u003cbr\u003eno one drinks from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSunlight lands on my shoulder\u003cbr\u003eWarm, polite as if, too, sorry to intrude\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI sit in the hush they leave behind\u003cbr\u003eI listen how the quiet keeps my secret\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat I am here\u003cbr\u003eand not here\u003cbr\u003eboth at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntouched. Unseen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe belong to the invisible.\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":52758961193176,"sku":"SV003","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_114909.png?v=1792641026","url":"https:\/\/oxfordstgallery.com\/products\/the-spaces-between-us-by-sandra-van-doorn","provider":"Oxford Street Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}