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.
Life is 3 Dimensional
‘Life is 3 Dimensional’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Blurry Landscape
‘Blurry Landscape’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Abstract Landscape
‘Abstract Landscape’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Pink Tornado
‘Pink Tornado’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Jungle Entanglement in Color
‘Jungle’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Human Print
‘Human Print’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Blue Planet
‘Blue Planet’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Mysterious UFO in Motion
‘UFO’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
Abstract Snow Storm Scene
‘Snow Storm’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Silent Expression: Lips
‘Lips’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Spilt Cream
‘Spilt Cream’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.
Spatial Journey
‘Spatial Journey’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Red Sun Rising
‘Red Sun Rising’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Originating Circle
‘Originating Circle’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Captured Energy in Movement
‘Movement’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Midnight Summer Dream
‘Midnight Summer Dream’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
Lava Flowing Through Form
‘Lava’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Kaleidoscope: Fractured Joy and Shifting Perspectives
‘kaleidoscope’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Black Sunrise
‘Black Sunrise’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.