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.
Anagram of Visual Thought
‘Anagram’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
Ontological Inquiry
‘Ontological Inquiry’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
On the Court
‘On the Court’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Its rhythm stirs the unsaid.
Jigsaw of Fragmented Space
‘Jigsaw’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Economics of Color and Line
‘Economics’ is crimson tension woven into silence, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Abstract Still Life
‘Abstract Still Life’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Playful Abstraction collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Still Life at Night
‘Still Life at Night’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.
Rewriting Visual Language
‘Rewriting’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Flower Vase
‘Flower Vase’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Eye in the Sky
‘Eye in the Sky’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Not an image — but an encounter.
Desert Landscape
‘Desert Landscape’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Cosmos Interstellar
‘Cosmos Interstellar’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Attention Span
‘Attention Span’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Out of Darkness collection. Balance tips toward awe and ambiguity.
Swan Fight: Graceful Fusion of Movement
‘Swan Fight’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Organic Movement collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Plankton in Sunlight Ocean: Abstract Oil Painting
‘Plankton in Sun Light Ocean’ is humming with obsidian and gold, drawn from the Organic Movement collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Plankton in Dark Ocean: A Surrender to Intuition
‘Plankton in Dark Ocean’ is drenched in stormy indigo and sunlit ochre, drawn from the Organic Movement collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Emerging from the Shadow: A Dance Between Light and Weight
‘Emerging from Shadow’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Organic Movement collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Emerging from the Darkness: A Shimmer Toward Becoming
‘Emerging from Darkness’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Organic Movement collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.