Grey Rainbow: Gesture, Geometry, and the Edge of Silence
Medium: Acrylic On Canvas
Size: 6ft x 5ft
Creation Date: 2025
Collection: Greyscale
Grey Rainbow is a 54 x 54 inch acrylic on canvas painting from the Greyscale Collection — a body of work where black, white, and the full tonal spectrum of gray create powerful, quiet resonance. In this piece, color is deliberately held back so that gesture, form, and material take center stage.
The painting unfolds around a central arc—layered sweeps of dark gray, pale silver, and creamy white that suggest motion without direction. A bold vertical black bar anchors the left side, contrasted by a luminous red circle that punctuates the otherwise neutral palette. Faint, wandering graphite lines weave across the canvas like whispers — traces of motion and energy that remain just beneath the surface.
This work draws influence from artists like Ellsworth Kelly and Kazuo Shiraga, yet it remains distinctly Ritu Raj in its hybrid of control and surrender, architecture and emotion. The geometry is precise, but the brushwork is full of force. The red disk becomes a singular moment of intensity — like breath inside stillness.
“This painting came from silence — a place where I wasn’t trying to say anything. The red arrived unexpectedly, like a single word that breaks the quiet and gives it shape.” — Ritu Raj
Grey Rainbow invites viewers to reflect, pause, and feel into a space that resists language. It is subtle, sculptural, and deeply grounded — a work that resonates beyond what is seen.
