Born in Cannes in 1969, Sandra Lorin draws her inspiration from the very heart of her artistic roots. In her family, art circulates like a discreet yet essential inheritance: her grandfather, uncle and aunt were painters, and her father — an industrial draftsman — traced precise Rotring lines on his drawing board, an image that left a lasting imprint on the child she once was. These gestures, these gazes, this closeness to the tools of drawing already shaped her sensitivity to form and colour.
At 18, Sandra left the Mediterranean for the Touraine region, where she became the mother of two children. It was there, under a different light, that she organised a painting workshop led by Micheline Dartus. Then, a life-changing encounter with watercolourist Nicole Sandor encouraged her to pick up the brush herself. Watercolour became her intimate refuge — a space for research, quietude and inner exploration. For a decade, she painted away from the public eye, reproducing flowers, buildings and landscapes, gradually mastering the subtle alchemy of water and pigment.
