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.
Echoes of the Stepwell: Exploring Symmetry and Sacred Geometry
‘Stepwell’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Celebrate Spontaneity with Fluid Renaissance in Pop Art
‘Renaissance’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Vibrant Pop Art: Love Story
‘Love Story’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
iRobot: A Pop Abstraction of Machine and Myth
‘iRobot’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Pop Art collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Golf Course: Playful Critique of Leisure and Power
‘Golf Couse’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Swimming Thoughts: The Fish
‘Fish’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Double Donut
‘Double Donut’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
Digestive System: A Pop Abstraction of Inner Worlds
‘Digestive System’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Blue Lily: Pop Elegance with a Subversive Twist
‘Blue Lily’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Pop Art collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Angled Stepwell: Geometry as Memory and Motion
‘Angled Stepwell’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
After Holi: Celebration, Residue, and Pop Color Rituals
‘After Holi’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Abstract Stepwell
‘Abstract Stepwell’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.
Abstract Eyes
‘Abstract Eyes’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Abstract Eye
‘Abstract Eye’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Pop Art collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Silent Expression: Lips
‘Lips’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Pacman Unfinished
‘Pacman Unfinished’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Rothko Reimagined
‘Rothko Reimagined’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Golden Plot
‘Golden Plot’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Golden Moment
‘Golden Moment’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.