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.
Red Rag in Turbulent Form
‘Red Rag’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
Passion Unleashed
‘Passion Unleashed’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Each layer pulses with breath and restraint.
My Planet in Abstraction
‘My Planet’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Mellow Dream
‘Ecstatic Dance’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Ecstatic Dance
‘Ecstatic Dance’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Colored Fireballs
‘Colored Fireballs’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Beyond the Frame
‘Beyond the Frame’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Moving Through Space and Time
‘Moving Through Space and Time’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Black and White collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Expression of Self
‘Algea’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
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.
Abstraction of Yellow (Not)
‘Abstraction of Yellow (Not)’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Geometric Splendor collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Abstraction
‘Abstraction’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
A Study in Black & White
‘A Study in Black & White’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Hand-painted Photography collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Rhythm and Flow of Waves
‘Waves’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Ephemeral Atmosphere collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
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.