Golden Fanrise Over Ember Prism, a large orange abstract thread painting by Ritu Raj (oil on canvas with thread, 2.5 × 2.5 ft)

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Organic Movement · 2025

Golden Fanrise Over Ember Prism

2.5 × 2.5 ft · Oil on canvas with thread · 2025

Available · in the studio, Phoenix

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Gold rising through ember — the fan of light that finds its geometry in the moment just before the sun.

At 30x30 inches, Golden Fanrise Over Ember Prism is a bold expression within my Organic Movement Collection, created through my signature thread painting technique. The work unfurls like a radiant fan of golden light rising against an ember-toned prism, its dynamic arcs of color revealing both fragility and power.

The movement of paint, pulled not with a brush but with thread, generates intricate striations that echo natural rhythms—winds shifting, flames bending, waves cresting. The orange ground provides a vibrant stage for golden and cobalt tones, where each stroke seems suspended between precision and spontaneity.

In conversation with contemporary abstraction, this work resonates with the gestural freedom of artists like Katharina Grosse, whose color fields consume space with immersive energy, and Mark Bradford, who layers materiality into forms that hover between chaos and order. Like theirs, my practice seeks a balance between surrendering to process and guiding form toward emergence.

The painting’s fanlike structure suggests both expansion and containment, an opening gesture that draws viewers into a meditative encounter. By working with thread as a tool, I am able to let the canvas hold memory—tiny ridges and grooves that catch light differently throughout the day, turning each viewing into a new experience.

Golden Fanrise Over Ember Prism is not just an object but a living presence: a portal of texture, color, and rhythm that invites the viewer to pause, breathe, and dwell in its unfolding.

Where to see it. In person at RituStudio, Phoenix, by appointment. Represented by Jarrow & Goodman, Los Angeles.

The space it needs

Wall
At least 10 ft wide
Ceiling
10 ft or more
Light
Warm ambient light enhances organic palette — thread catches light beautifully
Daylight
Saffron and copper flare under late western sun, and the sapphire blue can lose ground against them. Keep it on a north or east wall for balance; a low side light lifts the thread ridges.

Lives best in

Bedroom 5/5

The warm amber core, the contained fan form, and the muted white that holds the sapphire in check make this the right size and the right temperature for a wall you face each morning before the day has asked anything of you.

Living room 4/5

At 30x30 inches, Golden Fanrise Over Ember Prism earns its place in a living room by rewarding the unhurried looking that domestic life allows, its saffron and copper ridges shifting as the day's light moves across the thread.

Details

Size
2.5 × 2.5 ft (W × H)
Medium
Oil on canvas with thread
Year
2025
Collection
Organic Movement
Palette
Deep Saffron · Copper · Sapphire Blue · Muted White
Weight
About 65 lb
Ready
In the studio; delivery 6–10 weeks

Its ArtGram

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  • Texture3
  • Form2
  • Colour range2
  • Palette4.1
  • Contrast3.6
  • Abstraction Quotient0
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