Zenithal Sun is an original oil painting on Japanese shikishi board by French artist Sébastien Coueffic, part of his Architecture series created exclusively for Art San Gallery. This vibrant artwork captures the façade of a red house under a midday sky, rendered with bold, flat color and clear architectural lines.
Painted on a traditional shikishi board—a rigid, gold-edged Japanese support used for calligraphy and fine art—the work emphasizes geometric composition, saturated colors, and the subtle interplay of light and shadow. Coueffic’s technique draws from both modern European painting traditions and Japanese aesthetics, notably the influence of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in its flat surfaces and cropped framing.
Executed in oil, Zenithal Sun showcases the artist’s mastery of chromatic balance and spatial rhythm. His use of color as structure, without modeling or texture, aligns with the decorative flatness of the Nabis movement, while also echoing the clarity and restraint of Japanese design.
Ideal for collectors of original contemporary figurative paintings, this compact piece (24 × 27 cm) delivers a striking visual impact. The shikishi format enhances the formal precision of the work while offering a unique tactile surface. Zenithal Sun stands as a refined example of cross-cultural painting on shikishi, blending architectural observation with painterly minimalism.
Zenithal Sun - Oil on Shikishi board - Sebastien Coueffic
Original one-of-a-kind artwork by Sébastien Couéffic.
Oil painting on a traditional Shikishi made in Kyoto - Japanese paper mounted on a cardoard with a golden border of metallic paper.
Size : 24cm x 27cm (9.4 x 10.6 inches)
Signed "Coueffic".
