Love Story, a red abstract acrylic painting by Ritu Raj (acrylic on woodcut, 4 × 4 ft)

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Abstract Inquiry · 2025

Love Story

4 × 4 ft · Acrylic on woodcut · 2025

Available · in the studio, Phoenix

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The love story as abstract inquiry — what remains of the narrative when you remove the plot and keep the feeling.

Love Story is a vibrant collision of memory, movement, and form—an abstract celebration of connection. Rooted in the bold spirit of 1950s Pop Art, this piece merges playful nostalgia with contemporary process. It began with a wood panel, carved using CNC tools to create fluid, amoeba-like shapes that feel both futuristic and organic.

Once the surface was cut, I painted it with vivid acrylics—rich reds and deep purples flowing into one another in seamless, curving gestures. The final layer of epoxy resin brings the work to life, giving it a sleek, glass-like finish that catches and refracts light. The piece glows. It shifts. It invites you in.

The forms within Love Story feel alive—shaped by rhythm, instinct, and the emotional architecture of love itself. Love doesn’t unfold in straight lines. It bends, pulses, expands. There are moments of clarity and moments of blur, all of which are captured here in color and shape. The glossy finish deepens this sense of movement, turning the work into something that changes slightly every time you return to it.

There’s no narrative here in the traditional sense. Instead, it’s a reflection of feeling—a visual echo of how love evolves: surprising, layered, and never quite the same twice. This piece is meant to be felt before it’s understood. A moment of joy. A memory in motion.

Love Story is not just about romance—it’s about presence. The kind of connection that asks you to pause, to look again, and to find something new each time.

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

The space it needs

Wall
At least 5 ft wide
Ceiling
8 ft or more
Light
Natural light preferred — the resin catches it and the color shifts through the day
Daylight
Crimson and neon pink stay saturated in bright light, though western sun pushes them hotter. The carved woodcut surface wants raking side light, which lets the darkened void read as depth.

Lives best in

Living room 5/5

Love Story rewards the room where people slow down. It changes on the second and

Hotel lobby 4/5

Strong enough to hold an arrival space, intimate enough to reward a longer look.

Details

Size
4 × 4 ft (W × H)
Medium
Acrylic on woodcut
Finish
Epoxy over acrylic. The resin lifts the color off the canvas and holds it forward, so the surface deepens as the light moves across the room.
Year
2025
Collection
Abstract Inquiry
Palette
Darkened Void · Crimson · Vivid Layered Color · Neon Pink
Weight
About 22 lb
Ready
In the studio; delivery 8–12 weeks

Its reading

Read on the six dimensions of ArtGraph.

  • Texture5
  • Form4
  • Colour range3
  • Palette3.7
  • Contrast3
  • Abstraction Quotient1
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