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.
Vision in Space
‘Vision in Space’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Greyscale collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Mapping the Abstract Cosmos
‘Cosmos’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Greyscale collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Antelope Canyon
‘Antelope Canyon’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Greyscale collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
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.
Crashing Structures in Color
‘Crashing’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Greyscale collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Layered Abstract Thoughts
‘Thoughts’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Greyscale collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Disturbance
‘Disturbance’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Greyscale collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.