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.
Grey Rainbow: Gesture, Geometry, and the Edge of Silence
In Grey Rainbow, arcs of black, gray, and white unfold around a bold red circle. Still yet charged, this abstract work is an invitation to pause and feel.
Patchwork Sky: Mapping Color in Motion
In Patchwork Sky, color and structure converge. Floating squares, dashes, and curves build a rhythmic, painterly map — part geometry, part imagination.
River Through Desert: Where Geometry Meets Wild Color
In River Through Desert, geometric blocks collide with unruly, painted lines — a vibrant diptych where order meets motion and a river cuts through stillness.
Desert Salad: A Celebration of Movement and Form
‘Desert Salad (Diptych)’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Abstract Taylor Swift: Pop Icon, Refracted
‘Abstract Taylor Swift Deep’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Red and Silver
‘Red and Silver’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Unraveling: A Diptych Meditation in Black & White
‘Unraveling (Diptych)’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Greyscale collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Politics: A Visual Dialogue Between Structure and Disruption
‘Politics 2024 (Diptych)’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Greyscale collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.
Ganesh in the Abstract
‘Ganesh in the Abstract’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Work in Progress
‘Work in Progress’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Black and White collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Visual Echoes of Vermont
‘Vermont’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Black and White collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Sticking Out
‘Sticking out’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Black and White collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Industrial Whispers: Pipe
‘Pipe’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Black and White collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Moon Over Lake
‘Moon Over Lake’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Black and White collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Mona Lisa in a crowded Louvre
‘Mona Lisa in a crowded Louvre’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Black and White collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Iceland Hill by the Lake
‘Iceland Hill by the Lake’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Black and White collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
The Hanger in Negative Space
‘Hanger’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Black and White collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Diagonal Shadow
‘Diagonal Shadow’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Black and White collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Canvas in Canvas
‘Canvas in Canvas’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Black and White collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Threshold of the Black Door
‘Black Door’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Black and White collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.