A dog in a blue striped shirt and a cat lounge side by side on a large, deep green cushion. The background is kept to a quiet ivory and pale blue-gray, allowing the animals and the rich depth of the cushion beneath them to settle naturally at the center of the composition. SERIES — AT HOME AT HOME is a series of paintings depicting the unhurried, everyday moments of a home shared with cats and dogs: sleeping, waiting, eating, gazing out the window — small scenes of two creatures each doing their own thing in the same space. These quiet vignettes are brought together through calm color fields of ivory, blue-gray, natural wood tones, and deep green, rendered with a brushwork that retains just a trace of texture. Rather than foregrounding the cuteness of the animals alone, the series gives equal weight to the room's light, its breathing space, and the colors of furniture and fabric — aiming for each piece to feel at ease as a work of interior art. ABOUT RITSUKO NISHIMURA Ritsuko Nishimura makes art with a close eye on how a piece will feel when it lives in a room. Light, air, and quietness are her guides. Even when working from recognizable subjects, she resists overworking the surface — letting color fields, visible brushwork, and open space carry the image so that it settles naturally into everyday life. The sensibility she has long cultivated under the word KINARI — soft light, a sense of atmosphere, and stillness — continues to run through her work as one of the abiding threads of her practice.