Working on portraits with Coiffard's "sand and dripping" technique, was the next step of advancement after concluding her landscape series. Who could act as a better model for such a hazardous experiment than herself? Nevertheless, the result was rewarding enough to dare to progress to the next stage: Painting other persons. The Nefarious series was the prerequisite step required before she felt confident enough to paint others.

Using sand as a similar medium like oil or acrylic paint was suggested 20 years ago to CC by observing Jean Dubuffet's artwork. This material radically changed her process of creation and soon led her to abstract geometrical patterns found here and there in an urbanised environment. Later, natural surroundings helped her to break hard edges to become more flexible and gestural which was the beginning of her current "sand and dripping" technique.

When it comes to Coiffard, creating an installation starts with the space itself. This means that the installation is not a design for about any room but for that particular one, custom made for its shape, light and purpose. The objects CC creates stem from a similar process: They are answers to external challenges breaking the solitude of her painting activity and stimulating her artistic perception of the situation.