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.
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.
Underwater Light Play
‘Underwater’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Red and Silver
‘Red and Silver’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
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.
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.
Golden Shroud
‘Golden Shroud’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Fibers and Data
‘Fibers and Data’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
Cocoon of Transcendent Growth
‘Cacoon’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Vanishing Tracks
‘Vanishing Tracks’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Rising Through Color Layers
‘Rising’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Donut (Ontologically Enhanced)
‘Donut (Ontologically Enhanced)’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Spiraling into Stillness
‘Spiraling’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Jet Lag Across Skies
‘Jet Lag’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
Heart Beat in Brushstrokes
‘Heart Beat’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Earth from Mars
‘Earth from Mars’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Bursting Seed
‘Bursting Seed’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.