My Heart: Fragile Structures of Vulnerability

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Written By Ritu Raj | Contemporary Abstract Artist | Phoenix

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 3ft x 3ft
Creation Date: 2020
Collection: Geometric Splendor

My Heart (2020), from the Geometric Splendor Collection, is an abstract reflection on vulnerability, architecture, and the spaces we build to protect what is most fragile. Measuring 36 x 36 inches, this acrylic on canvas juxtaposes rigid, black linear forms against a backdrop of vibrant yellows and soft pinks.

The painting evokes both an architectural blueprint and an emotional diagram, where the lines contain, protect, but also confine. The composition suggests a heart not as a literal form, but as a precarious structure — a container of tension, longing, and fragility.

I see My Heart in dialogue with Olga de Amaral, whose woven abstractions bridge textile, sculpture, and painting, creating delicate architectures of emotion. Like Amaral, I use repetition and structure to explore the vulnerabilities hidden within rigid forms.

My Heart is an invitation to see strength and fragility not as opposites, but as coexisting forces within our emotional geographies.

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Ritu Raj | Contemporary Abstract Artist | Phoenix

Ritu Raj is a contemporary abstract painter based in Phoenix, Arizona. His signature technique, Organic Movement, replaces the brush with thread — tracing the exact tension between control and surrender that makes a painting alive. He has created over 200 original works collected across the US, Europe, and Asia, and is the author of the forthcoming The Shape of Seeing and The Unalgorithmic Mind. Art that listens.

https://www.rituart.com/
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