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.
Black with Cherry on Top
‘Black with Cherry on Top’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Layers of Reality or Not: Blurring Fact and Fiction
‘Layers of Reality or Not’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Righteousness: The Architecture of Conviction
‘Righteousness’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Blooming Rose in a Cold Night: Tenderness in Harsh Spaces
‘Blooming Rose in a Cold Night’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Storm of Abstract Turmoil
‘Storm’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Remains: Traces, Fragments, and the Echo of What Was
‘Remains’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Delta Variant: Chaos, Mutation, and Atmospheric Tension
‘Delta Variant’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Selfie: Layers of Self and Disappearance
‘Selfie’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Volcano: Eruption, Release, and the Landscape of Emotion
‘Volcano’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Weeping Future: Humor Meets Melancholy
‘Weeping Future’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
Organic Memories from Childhood: Abstraction of Innocence
‘Organic Memories from Childhood’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.
Abstraction in Black: Humor within Monochrome
‘Abstraction in Black’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Colorful Caterpillar: Playful Abstraction and Metamorphosis
‘Colorful Caterpillar’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Black Heart: Quiet Intensity in Minimal Form
‘Black Heart’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Coming Down from a High is Not Easy: Abstraction as Withdrawal
‘Coming down from a high is not easy!’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Abstraction in Red: Vibrations of Desire and Defiance
‘Abstraction in Red’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Brown Frame: Containment and Absence
‘Brown Frame’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Deep Abstraction: Layers of Depth and Breathing Space
‘Deep Abstraction’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
White Frame: The Architecture of Silence
‘White Frame’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Black and White collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Broccolini: Playful Abstraction and Organic Memory
‘Broccolini’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.