Reflections On 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.
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 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.
Abstract Stepwell
‘Abstract Stepwell’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.
Underwater Light Play
‘Underwater’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Ontological Inquiry
‘Ontological Inquiry’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
On the Court
‘On the Court’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
Jigsaw of Fragmented Space
‘Jigsaw’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Economics of Color and Line
‘Economics’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Abstract Still Life
‘Abstract Still Life’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
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.
Silver Frame
‘Silver Frame’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Monster Dream
‘Monster Dream’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Life Scratches
‘Life Scratches’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
Algae Growth in Texture
‘Algea’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the The Pulse of Life 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.
Reflection in Red Mirror
‘Red Mirror’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Layers of Love in Color
‘Love’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.