Painting, for me, is listening. Not with the ears, but with openness to color, texture, and gesture. In my thread paintings, completion arises not when I decide, but when the work itself declares: enough. This moment of distinction, echoing Heidegger’s thought on listening, transforms process into presence.

Sharing is showing. For Ritu Raj, painting is not possession but disclosure—a letting-be that fulfills itself only in presence. Rooted in Heidegger’s idea of unconcealment, his work opens a space for others to dwell through color, gesture, and form.

After decades in business, I returned to painting—not to reinvent myself, but to remember something I had set aside. In this post, I share how reclaiming creativity later in life reshaped my time, attention, and way of being. For anyone who’s delayed their artistic calling, this is a reminder: it’s never too late to begin again.

Does being an artist mean living a life of suffering? For Ritu Raj, art is not about pain alone — it’s about feeling fully, reflecting deeply, and living awake.

Before he ever picked up a brush, Ritu Raj was designing systems—digital, architectural, emotional. Now, as a Phoenix-based contemporary abstract artist, he creates meditative, thread-infused paintings that reflect the unseen textures of emotion and memory. In this post, Ritu shares the purpose, process, and philosophy behind his work—and what it means to paint as inquiry, not illustration.

Buying abstract art online can feel uncertain — but it doesn’t have to. Ritu Raj shares how collectors can buy art safely, meaningfully, and with confidence.

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.