{"product_id":"the-things-we-outgrow-by-sandra-van-doorn","title":"'The Things We Outgrow’ 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\"\u003e125 x 155 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\u003eWhat no longer fits\u003cbr\u003estill knows our shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe set the weight down.\u003cbr\u003eThe outline stays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld rooms, old loves - all homes\u003cbr\u003enow small as toys at our feet,\u003cbr\u003eleft behind,\u003cbr\u003eand not left out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are made of doors\u003cbr\u003ewe can no longer enter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe belong to the lives\u003cbr\u003ethat brushed ours and went on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe belong to everything\u003cbr\u003ewe have grown beyond.\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":52759337697496,"sku":"SV0010","price":3900.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/1598\/4856\/files\/Screenshot_2026-10-22_115604.png?v=1792641413","url":"https:\/\/oxfordstgallery.com\/products\/the-things-we-outgrow-by-sandra-van-doorn","provider":"Oxford Street Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}