Peonies & Prose
Pen, paint, & passport. Welcome to my creative hot flash era.
Bonjour, I’m Sandi D.
I’m an author, poet, and intuitive painter living my midlife reinvention in the south of France.My writing and art touch on creativity, identity, and living overseas. I’m the author of My Life on the French Riviera, Unfiltered.I love seeing the creative potential in people and helping them live out their 'natal promise.'Explore my visual world on Instagram, read my latest on Substack, or browse my books below.
Books
A memoir, My Life on the French Riviera, Unfiltered, and two poetry collections, Dragonfly Dances: Poetic Musings on Life and Her Voice, Unmuted: From Silence to Song.
About
Bonjour, I'm Sandi Duverneuil, an author, painter, and founder of Peonies & Prose. I grew up in Southampton, New York, studied in Montréal, taught English in Fukuoka, and now write and paint one block from the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France.I'm the author of the memoir My Life on the French Riviera, Unfiltered and two poetry collections, Dragonfly Dances and Her Voice, Unmuted. I also publish Riviera Current, a digital literary dispatch on the writers, painters, and makers of the Côte d'Azur, and host Creative Hot Flash, conversations on making art in midlife.A linguist by training and bilingual in French and English, I'm curious about putting life into words.I'm embodying my creative hot flash era, a fan in one hand and a paintbrush in the other.
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Note that I am a recovering Type A New Yorker learning the magic of slow living in France. So it may take a few days to hear back from me.