Sandra Laplace-Claverie

Sandra Laplace-Claverie graduated from ENSAD (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs) with a degree in printmaking. 

Since then, she has continued to draw and paint from live models, which she considers essential to any artistic practice and has been teaching for many years.

She learned various traditional drawing and painting techniques by taking lessons from a Czech painter based near Place des Vosges in Paris.

Sandra exhibits her drawings, prints, and paintings alongside other artists while also working as an art teacher.

"(...) A few prominent points: shoulders, elbows, knees. This one is pressed against that one, with the third one looming over this entwining. No, it’s not just a simple juxtaposition; the leg passes in front of the hand, even though the hand initially seemed to be embracing the knee. The foot isn’t simply placed; it pivots slightly outward, and strangely, it seems natural. Together with the buttock, it forms a vertical triangle. Horizontally, a second triangle, whose knee isn’t as high as the other’s. Above this void stands the head, tilted. It itself forms the tip of a Chinese comma: the arm extends behind the back. A long, curved stem, it takes root behind the second face, completing this tangle of masses, peaks, hollows, and openings. (...)"