Mountain ridges and geological strata inspire the steep, overlapping color planes of this highly abstract work — beige, rust, teal, black, and ochre layered through cracked, scraped, and heavily textured surfaces. The marks carry a sense of time accumulated in the earth itself. Of the series, this piece leans furthest toward abstraction. A more abstract landscape built from steep planes that suggest mountain ridges and geological strata. Beige, rust, teal, black, and ochre overlap through cracked, scraped, and heavily textured surfaces, giving the work a sense of accumulated time and weathered earth. SERIES — QUIET PLACES QUIET PLACES is a ten-work series connecting different places — sea, bay, hills, forest, islands, and sunset — through a shared feeling of stillness. From a distance each piece reads as a landscape; up close, impasto, scraped marks, block-like color fields, and weathered textures come into view. The series resists over-description, preserving room for light and air while keeping the distinct color and terrain of each place clearly felt. QUIET PLACES is a ten-work series that connects different settings—sea, bay, hills, forest, islands, and sunset—through a shared sense of stillness. From a distance, each work reads as a landscape; up close, impasto, scraped surfaces, block-like color fields, and weathered marks become visible. The series avoids over-description, leaving room for light and air while keeping the color and character of each place distinct. ABOUT RITSUKO NISHIMURA Ritsuko Nishimura makes semi-abstract work built around light, air, and stillness, with a deep attention to negative space (ma) and material texture. Rather than reproducing a landscape literally, she assembles a sense of place through color fields, brushwork, scraped surfaces, and layered marks. In her practice, restraint matters as much as addition — each work is composed so that it can be read as both landscape and abstraction depending on how close you stand. 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.