Nick Coupland

Thanks Simon. It’s really appreciated.

Shutters.

A3 original pen and ink drawing.

£100

nickcouplandillustration.bigcartel.com

Couple of new Tokyo House originals available as well as a few older pieces.

Thank you 🙏
Really appreciate you taking the time to read it.

Hessle Foreshore is a sanctuary for many. A place where you can look out on the world without feeling it’s staring back at you. Watching that powerful flow makes you feel you’re witnessing the end of a river’s journey before it’s cast out to the open seas. A place of melancholy beauty.

The horizons stretched for ever on all sides. We’d witness the sun do its full daily journey from rise to set.
It provided a daily rusty palette of grey blues and rusty browns as its strong tides flowed past.

So here’s part of the story. I grew up just outside Hull on the banks of the Humber Estuary.
This huge expanse of water had a huge effect on the people around it. It effected our magnetic bearing. How we sheltered from the wind. How we rarely walked south due to the obvious obstacle it provided.

Hessle Foreshore.
Oil on canvas.

Social media seems to be full of people doing ‘big skies’ painting. However I notice very little process or narrative…just lots of beautiful studios with no spilt paint, artists who look like cover models and a lack of showing the actual windswept location.

Three latest pieces.

Bit of colour and a bit of feeling.

East Yorkshire landscapes.

…Concretopia next to @barnabascalder.bsky.social ‘s Raw Concrete.

In my opinion two of the most inspiring architecture books I’ve ever read.

The Tokyo House.
Sako’s Fishmonger’s

I’ve drawn buildings for a long time now, but last year decided it’s time to return to abstract landscapes.
I’ve always enjoyed oil on canvas work and want to make my subject matter more local. I live in East Yorkshire, so big skies and stretched horizons are a massive inspiration.

The Tokyo House.
‘Shutters’

Framed original available.

Good to see you Armin.
I met some good people over there (you included) but now feel (like yourself) that its ship has sailed.

Brew Shack.

Dalby Forest wanderings.

Night Threads.

‘Toko’ Ink.
Pen and ink on wooden skateboard deck.

Toko Ink.

Sketches.
A few of the Tokyo House doodles.
They’re available on my site as a stocking filler for anyone who likes ramshackle, Tokyo inspired architecture.

Humber Secrets.

Couple of pieces of Hull nostalgia…

Spiders Nightclub and Boothferry Park.

Both available as prints.

The Tokyo House box set.
Only a few remaining…
Now £15

Each set contains 22 A5 prints on 300gsm card.

Available from my online store.

The National Theatre.

Double A3 print set featuring the North and West elevation illustrations.

£15 (pair) from
nickcouplandillustration.bigcartel.com

Towers.

I’ve been moving studio and it’s given me chance to go through my back portfolio.
My back catalogue A3 prints are now only £10 each.

Available at my store
nickcouplandillustration.bigcartel.com

Skateboard shenanigans.

Brutal Tokyo

15 Minute Tokyo.