View of Gujo Hachiman No. 3 – Oil Painting on Japanese Shikishi Art Board

View of Gujo Hachiman No. 3 is an original oil painting by French artist Sebastien Coueffic, created on a Japanese shikishi art board.
 
In this work, Coueffic focuses on a street facade in Gujo Hachiman, reducing the scene to strong planes of color and structure. The orange wall, white architectural surfaces, dark lower facade, and vivid blue sky create a clear rhythm across the composition. A vertical sign, overhead wires, and the small parked car at the lower left give the painting a sense of everyday urban life without distracting from its bold formal construction.
 
The work belongs to Coueffic’s ongoing exploration of architecture, light, and built environments. Rather than describing the town in a documentary way, he uses color, cropping, and simplified forms to transform a local street view into a compact visual composition.
 
The Japanese shikishi art board gives the painting a concentrated scale. Within this intimate format, Coueffic creates a work that feels immediate, structured, and full of movement.