From logic to abstraction, Ritu Raj shares his personal journey into painting — a path of presence, emotion, and trusting what emerges beyond words.

In his latest abstract paintings, Ritu Raj explores how color becomes a vessel of emotion, memory, and presence — a language beyond words or representation.

How does abstract art express emotion without words? For Ritu Raj, it’s not about explanation — it’s about creating a space where feeling leads and form follows.

What does it truly mean to be a contemporary abstract artist? Beyond labels and techniques lies an inquiry into feeling, perception, and the very essence of human seeing.

In 2020, my paintings became a space for meandering — between form, feeling, and the quiet tensions of abstraction.

Painting taught me that silence is not empty — it’s alive. In the spaces between gestures, between colors that almost touch, meaning lingers, asking us to stay a little longer.

Painting is a conversation, not a performance. When I let the canvas speak first, the work reveals what I couldn’t have planned or forced.

How does a polymath approach the canvas? For Ritu Raj, abstraction becomes a living inquiry — blending scientific precision with artistic intuition, where algorithm and brushstroke meet.

Growing up in New Delhi, I didn’t just learn about art — I lived among it. My father, K.B. Goel, and artists like M.F. Husain and Raghu Rai shaped my understanding of abstraction as a way of life, not just a style.

I don’t paint what I see—I paint what I feel beneath the surface. Abstraction allows me to explore time, emotion, and presence without the need for explanation. In this post, I reflect on why I paint, how I think about meaning, and what abstraction continues to teach me about being human.

After 30 years as a founder and executive, I didn’t plan to become a modern abstract artist—I followed an impulse. What began as a quiet return to creativity became a complete transformation. In this piece, I share how painting opened a new kind of clarity—beyond systems and strategy—through texture, intuition, and presence. This is the story of how I rebuilt my creative life, not by walking away from my past, but by reimagining what it could become.

Abstract art demands invention, not reproduction. Between Duchamp’s rupture, Richter’s ambiguity, and my own search for silence, I explore abstraction as a way to live and create.

Thinking about commissioning an abstract painting? Here are 5 things to know about my creative process and how we can co-create something truly personal.

Abstraction asks me to trust — the process, the materials, the moment. It’s where I let the work lead, embracing the unknown as part of the language.

What do mathematics, philosophy, and abstract painting have in common? More than you might think. For Ritu Raj, the canvas is where logic meets feeling, and questions become form.

This reflection traces how transgression, transformation, and transcendence move through my art and life — not as fixed ideas, but as a living, evolving philosophy that shapes how I create, connect, and become.

In abstract art, failure isn’t an end—it’s a new layer. I reflect on repainting old canvases and how past work quietly shapes the art I create today.

Art isn’t just what we look at—it’s how we look. Inspired by Heidegger, this reflection explores abstraction as a way of revealing what we often overlook.