A seascape rendered in impasto and soft color fields: a calm bay, sailboats drifting on the water, and a row of white houses along the foot of the hills. The quiet presence of a small town is nestled between blue-green water and a pale sky, balancing the scene as a landscape from across the room with the physical texture of the paint up close. A calm bay with sailboats, reflections, and a cluster of white houses beneath layered hills. Soft blue-green water and a pale sky are built with textured, painterly surfaces, allowing the scene to read as a landscape from a distance while revealing the physical character of the paint up close. SERIES — QUIET PLACES QUIET PLACES is a ten-work series connecting different settings — sea, bay, hills, forest, islands, and sunset — through a shared sense of stillness. Each work reads as a landscape from a distance; up close, impasto, dry-brush marks, block-like color fields, and scraped surfaces come into view. The series resists over-description, preserving space for light and air while keeping the distinct colors and topography 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 strong attention to negative space and material texture. Rather than reproducing a landscape literally, she constructs a sense of place through color fields, brushwork, scraped surfaces, and layered marks — treating restraint as equal in importance to addition. Each piece is designed to move between recognizable 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.