Umbrella in the Rain by Nicholas Size:S - 29.7 x 42cm (A3) The design holds the tension

The design holds the tension between naive image-making and formal presentation

the foliage impossibly lush

and saturated colour are captured with exceptional clarity and line precision on matte fine art paper

while the river and its surroundings are rendered in flat

Umbrella in the Rain by Nicholas Size:S - 29.7 x 42cm (A3) The design holds the tensionUmbrella in the Rain distils a familiar urban moment into graphic poetry a solitary figure beneath a canopy of colour, surrounded by falling lines that blur the world beyond. Nicholas channels the visual language of Japanese woodblock and retro illustration to give the scene both stillness and energy: the rain is motion, the umbrella is shelter, and the interplay between the two holds the entire composition together. The portrait format heightens the