Nike's left-facing profile, a large terracotta circle rising behind her. Ivory negative space, navy, deep green, and mustard are placed with quiet restraint, drawing the cat's presence and a geometric composition into a single, unified whole. This work is a portrait of the beauty found in a moment held perfectly still. Nike appears in left-facing profile beneath a large terracotta circle. Ivory negative space, navy, deep green, and mustard are used sparingly, joining the cat's presence with a geometric composition. The work focuses on the beauty of a moment held still. SERIES — FAMILIAR FAMILIAR reimagines an everyday companion not as a conventional pet portrait, but as interior art. The model is Nike, a gray-and-white cat. Rather than reproducing fur in fine detail, the series combines broad color fields, weathered brushwork, plants, circles, rectangles, and negative space, allowing the cat's presence to merge with the atmosphere of a room. Built on warm ivory, the palette shifts through mustard, terracotta, navy, deep green, and blue-gray. From a distance, color and composition come first; up close, Nike's gaze, posture, and quiet personality emerge. Across ten scenes, FAMILIAR explores the understated richness of a presence that is always near. FAMILIAR reimagines an everyday companion not as a conventional pet portrait, but as interior art. The model is Nike, a gray-and-white cat. Rather than reproducing fur in fine detail, the series combines broad color fields, weathered brushwork, plants, circles, rectangles, and negative space, allowing the cat's presence to merge with the atmosphere of a room. Built on warm ivory, the palette shifts through mustard, terracotta, navy, deep green, and blue-gray. From a distance, color and composition come first; up close, Nike's gaze, posture, and quiet personality emerge. Across ten scenes, FAMILIAR explores the understated richness of a presence that is always near. ABOUT RITSUKO NISHIMURA Ritsuko Nishimura creates work from traces of light, air, silence, and the small presences that remain in everyday life. Her practice uses generous negative space, restrained composition, layered color fields, and brushwork that suggests scraping, texture, and depth, with an emphasis on stopping before the image becomes overworked. Her guiding theme is Light. Air. Silence. Moving between abstraction and representation, she aims to create work that can live quietly in an interior while retaining a clear and lasting presence. Ritsuko Nishimura creates work from traces of light, air, silence, and the small presences that remain in everyday life. Her practice uses generous negative space, restrained composition, layered color fields, and brushwork that suggests scraping, texture, and depth, with an emphasis on stopping before the image becomes overworked. Her guiding theme is Light. Air. Silence. Moving between abstraction and representation, she aims to create work that can live quietly in an interior while retaining a clear and lasting presence.