A calm afterglow scene of pink, peach, cream, and lavender-gray sky above a low island silhouette. Yellow-orange light falls vertically across the water, then breaks into cooler blue-gray and teal planes below. Block-like color and scraped texture hold the lingering warmth of sunset without making the scene overly literal. SERIES — DISTANT AIR DISTANT AIR is a ten-work series that treats distant seas, lakes, hills, cliffs, and mountains as layers of light and atmosphere. Rather than describing each landscape in detail, the works are built from broad color fields, scraped surfaces, impasto, and weathered block-like marks. From a distance, the images resolve into recognizable places; up close, color and material texture become the subject. Cream and pale blue form a recurring foundation, while coral, lavender, turquoise, ochre, and other accents shift from work to work, giving the series color without losing its quiet character. ABOUT RITSUKO NISHIMURA Ritsuko Nishimura creates semi-abstract works centered on light, air, stillness, open space, and material texture. Rather than reproducing a landscape literally, she builds a sense of place through fields of color, brushwork, scraped surfaces, and layered marks. Restraint is as important as addition, allowing each work to shift between recognizable landscape and abstraction depending on viewing distance.