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.
Abstraction 2
‘Abstraction 2’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Blue Color Field
‘Blue Color Field’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Red & More: Tensions of Hue
‘Red & More’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Abstraction 1
‘Abstraction 1’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
My Valentine
‘My Valentine’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Silent Rage
‘Silent Rage’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
My New Heart
‘My New Heart’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Ghosts of ex-Girlfriends
‘Ghosts of ex-Girlfriends’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
Covid Times Chakravyuha
‘Covid Times Chakravyuha’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
My Abstract Brain
‘My Abstract Brain’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Layered Communications
‘Layered Communications’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Symbolic Form of Ganesh
‘Ganesh’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
3D Abstraction
‘3D Abstraction’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Energy Spiral: Shiva Unbound
‘Shiva’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Covid Times Economics
‘Covid Times Economics’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
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.
Window with Glazed Glass
‘Window with Glazed Glass’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Not an image — but an encounter.