─ Studio journal

Studio Journal is where I reflect on the quieter questions of being an artist. These writings are part idea book, part personal philosophy — exploring what it means to create, to observe, and to move through the art world with intention.

Exploring Abstraction — Musings on Art, Life, and Becoming

Abstract Inquiry Ritu Raj | Contemporary Abstract Painter | Phoenix Abstract Inquiry Ritu Raj | Contemporary Abstract Painter | Phoenix

Four Ways to Make Blue Deep

Put these four paintings on one wall and a visitor will say the same word about all of them. Blue. Then they will move on, because once you have named the colour there seems to be nothing else to name. Thehrav, Neelkanth, Submerged Structures and Sea Change are near-identical on every record that exists — and they are not remotely the same painting.

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