A sunset landscape of coral-pink sky and rolling fields in olive, ochre, and blush. Small white houses and dark cypress trees sit within broad areas of color, suggesting human presence without making it the focus. Gentle color and bold planes create a quiet sense of depth across the hills. SERIES — QUIET PLACES 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 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.