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.
Golden Moment
‘Golden Moment’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Tulip Field
‘Tulip Field’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Bent Pin in Motion
‘Bent Pin’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Silver Sunrise
‘Silver Sunrise’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Scratched Black Mirror
‘Scratched Black Mirror’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Black Square
‘Black Square’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Purple Haze
‘Purple Haze’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Haze of Memory and Emotion
‘Haze’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Shaping the Abstract Form
‘Form’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.Form by Ritu Raj featuring varied colors and abstract forms.
Vision Beyond: Abstract Eyes
‘Eyes’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Awakening a Cold Dream
‘Cold Dream’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
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.
Large Space Version 3
‘Large Space Version 3’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Fabric Over Stars
‘Fabric Over Stars’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Movement of the Blue Ocean
‘Blue Ocean’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.
Ushering a New Form
‘Ushering’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Blue Nugget
‘Blue Nugget’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Square Earth
‘Square Earth’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.