Layers of lavender, mauve, and pink-beige settle over the sea like a thin veil of air. The restrained horizontal structure lets color breathe slowly, leaving a soft and lingering stillness. Layers of lavender, mauve, and pink-beige settle over the sea like a thin veil of air. The restrained horizontal structure lets color breathe slowly, leaving a soft and lingering stillness. SERIES — STILL TIDE STILL TIDE is a five-work series about horizontal stillness rather than the sea as a literal subject. Sea, surf, and shore are reduced to calm horizontal bands, layered with bold brushwork and granular texture. Each work shifts in color, but all share the same language of ma (negative space), light, air, and restrained time. From a distance they read as quiet seascapes; up close they become fields of gesture and grain. STILL TIDE is a five-work series about horizontal stillness rather than the sea as a literal subject. Sea, surf, and shore are reduced to calm horizontal bands, while broad gestures and granular textures move across the open sky. Each work shifts in color, but all share the same language of space, light, air, and restrained time. From a distance they read as quiet seascapes; up close they become fields of gesture and texture. ABOUT RITSUKO NISHIMURA Ritsuko Nishimura creates abstract works centered on ma (negative space), light, air, and quietness. Her process values not only what is added, but where to stop — allowing the surrounding space to remain active and breathable. KINARI is treated not as an artist or brand name, but as an underlying creative theme across the work. Ritsuko Nishimura creates abstract works centered on space, light, air, and quietness. Her process values not only what is added, but where to stop, allowing the surrounding space to remain active and breathable. KINARI is treated not as an artist or brand name, but as an underlying creative theme across the work.