Reflection on Paintings
Collection of Abstractions
Abstraction of Self: Reflections on Individual Paintings
Exploring Inspiration, Process, and the Artists Who Shape My Vision
“I create to shift how we see and feel through abstraction—opening space for reflection, connection, and quiet transformation. Change begins not with certainty, but with listening.” - Ritu Raj | Abstract Artist
Abstractions of Self is a living journal of my painting practice—where each post unravels the hidden layers behind a single work. These reflections explore how abstraction emerges not just from paint and gesture, but from memory, mood, and the invisible threads of influence. Here, I share the intuitive process that unfolds on the canvas, and connect each piece to the broader world of contemporary abstract art—honoring the artists, ideas, and philosophies that inspire and shape my creative journey. This is a space to look beneath the surface, to understand what cannot be explained in the work alone, and to discover how each painting becomes both a question and an answer.
Model 2 Abstraction
‘Model 2 Abstraction’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Model 1 (Abstraction): Layers of Identity and Transformation
‘Model 1 Abstraction’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Blue Legs in Landscape
‘Blue Legs’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Abstraction
‘Abstraction’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
A Study in Black & White
‘A Study in Black & White’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Purple Haze
‘Purple Haze’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Haze of Memory and Emotion
‘Haze’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Shaping the Abstract Form
‘Form’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.Form by Ritu Raj featuring varied colors and abstract forms.
Vision Beyond: Abstract Eyes
‘Eyes’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Awakening a Cold Dream
‘Cold Dream’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Layers of Reality or Not: Blurring Fact and Fiction
‘Layers of Reality or Not’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Selfie: Layers of Self and Disappearance
‘Selfie’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.