What remains at the end is not the figure, but the feeling of its departure. PLUME 05 — Departure closes the series with the faintest suggestion of flamingo legs above and a drifting field of translucent feather- and petal-like forms below, varied in scale, density, and tone. The shapes gradually loosen and disappear into a broad field of negative space. Rather than showing the bird itself, the work preserves only the trace of something that has just passed through. From Haze to Departure, PLUME ends by allowing form to return to air. SERIES — PLUME PLUME does not depict the flamingo literally. Instead, the bird is dissolved into feathers, traces, afterimages, translucent color, and quiet movement. Soft blush, warm ivory, greige, and restrained touches of gold overlap in transparent organic forms, while edges fade into watercolor haze. In some works the bird is barely perceptible; in others, only a curve, a feather, or a pair of legs remains. The true subject is the open space around these fragments. PLUME is a series about presence becoming atmosphere — something seen only after the eye has already entered the silence of the image. ABOUT RITSUKO NISHIMURA Ritsuko Nishimura creates abstract works centered on light, air, silence, and negative space. Rather than describing a subject in full detail, her work focuses on the moment in which form appears, softens, and begins to disappear. Pale color, translucent layers, watercolor blooms, and restrained texture leave room for the viewer's own memory and perception to enter the image. Her approach is not only about making marks, but also about knowing when to stop — before the quiet has been filled.