Reflection on Paintings
Collection of Abstractions
Abstraction of Self: Reflections on Individual 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.
Blue Lily: Pop Elegance with a Subversive Twist
‘Blue Lily’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Pop Art collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Angled Stepwell: Geometry as Memory and Motion
‘Angled Stepwell’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
After Holi: Celebration, Residue, and Pop Color Rituals
‘After Holi’ is a thrum of maroon and teal, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Lines that whisper across thresholds of knowing.
Abstract Taylor Swift: Pop Icon, Refracted
‘Abstract Taylor Swift Deep’ is a drift of moss and ember, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Abstract Stepwell
‘Abstract Stepwell’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Forms collapse into reverie and return.
Abstract Eyes
‘Abstract Eyes’ is dappled coral flickers across shadowed green, drawn from the Pop Art collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
Abstract Eye
‘Abstract Eye’ is a quiet echo of saffron and slate, drawn from the Pop Art collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Veins of the Ocean Breeze: Painting Motion with Twine
‘Veins of the Ocean Breeze’ is molten lines in arctic white, drawn from the Organic Movement collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Tides of Ember and Moss: A Twine-Painted Dance of Color
‘Tides of Ember and Moss’ is plunging through celadon and smoke, drawn from the Organic Movement collection. Structure flickers into emotion and back again.
Sun Shift: Exploring Motion and Stillness
‘Sun Shift’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the Organic Movement collection. A canvas holding both stillness and storm.
Underwater Light Play
‘Underwater’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Every mark a memory half-remembered.
Red and Silver
‘Red and Silver’ is cerulean meets bone-dry sienna, drawn from the The Pulse of Life collection. Here, wonder dissolves into the seen and unseen.
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.