A bright coastal seascape built from horizontal layers — a wide pale-blue sky, white clouds, distant islands, blue-green water, and glistening wet sand. Dark foreground rocks and warm orange reflections add a quiet accent, leaving the final work in the series with the feeling of a fresh light breaking open. A bright coastal landscape of pale blue sky, white clouds, distant islands, blue-green water, and reflective wet sand arranged in horizontal layers. Dark foreground rocks and warm orange reflections add restrained contrast, giving the final work a feeling of fresh light and open space. 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. Viewed from a distance, each piece reads as a landscape; move closer and impasto, dry-brushed passages, block-like color fields, and scraped textures come into focus. The series resists over-description, preserving room for light and air while keeping the distinct color and topography of each place legible. 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 grounded in light, air, and stillness, with an emphasis on open space and material texture. Rather than reproducing a landscape literally, she assembles a sense of place through color fields, brushwork, scraped surfaces, and layered marks — believing that restraint matters as much as mark-making. Her aim is a picture plane that shifts 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.