
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.
Emerald Crescendo: Organic Movement in Full Force
Emerald Crescendo reveals Ritu Raj’s signature Organic Movement technique, merging emerald greens, electric blues, and vivid pinks into a dynamic abstract expression.
Luminous Currents: An Organic Abstract Thread Painting
Luminous Currents embodies Ritu Raj’s Organic Movement and thread painting approach, capturing luminous yellow-green forms flowing across deep emerald hues.
Midnight Feather Dance: An Organic Abstract Painting
Midnight Feather Dance by Ritu Raj is a 5x5ft oil painting featuring sweeping thread painting gestures in layered indigo and cobalt, capturing movement and quiet mystery in organic abstraction.
Sunlit Wings: An Organic Abstract Thread Painting
Sunlit Wings by Ritu Raj captures radiant yellow forms sweeping across a deep violet canvas, evoking flight and light through his signature organic thread painting technique.
Pink Fracture Over Ocean Haze: An Organic Abstract Painting
Pink Fracture Over Ocean Haze by Ritu Raj is a vivid 5x5ft oil painting featuring striking pink thread painting gestures over layered oceanic greens and blues, evoking fractured light and emergent form.
Cerulean Pulse: An Organic Abstract Thread Painting
Cerulean Pulse captures the power of organic movement in thread painting by Ritu Raj, with layered cerulean blue forms evoking water, air, and energy in motion.
Solar Eclipse on a Cloudy Night
Solar Eclipse on a Cloudy Night is a sweeping oil painting where white arcs stretch across black canvas. Motion is captured through Ritu Raj’s unique thread painting technique.
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.
Flight of Shadows: Twine Painting as Gesture and Tension
In "Flight of Shadows," Ritu Raj captures the essence of motion and stillness through layered charcoal and black forms. This contemplative abstract painting invites viewers into a space of quiet tension and atmospheric depth.
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.
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.