Thread painting in abstract art goes beyond embroidery. Phoenix-based contemporary abstract artist Ritu Raj uses twine dipped in oil paint as his brush, creating organic, fluid compositions that blend precision with spontaneity. Discover how this innovative approach redefines abstraction with texture, movement, and meaning.

Art mirrors life — and Ritu Raj explores how stillness and motion shape both. From monochrome introspection to fluid, gestural color, his work is a meditation on change.

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.

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.

In 2025, collecting contemporary abstract art is more than decor — it’s a personal commitment to reflection, presence, and living with art that evolves with you.

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.

From Mondrian’s perfect lines to today’s digital geometries, famous geometric abstract art continues to shape our visual and emotional landscapes.

Ritu Raj’s Ephemeral Atmosphere Collection explores the fluidity of emotion and memory through bold abstraction. From twine-painted gestures to haunting color fields, these works capture the fleeting beauty of atmospheric states and human feeling in a poetic, painterly language of motion and depth.

Abstract art doesn’t give you meaning — it invites you to create it. For Ritu Raj, the viewer’s response is not an afterthought. It’s the heart of the work.

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.

Why choose abstract art? Because sometimes, the most powerful experiences live beyond words. Join me in exploring how abstraction invites us into feeling, presence, and connection.

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.

A visit to the Pompidou and an Ellsworth Kelly painting sparked a shift in my practice—leading to a bold new series of textured black and white abstractions.

Finding my voice as an abstract artist wasn’t about claiming a style—it was about learning to listen. To trust the process. To let the work become its own language.