Pulse of the Purple Fan, a small purple abstract thread painting by Ritu Raj (oil on canvas with thread, 2.5 × 2.5 ft)

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Organic Movement · 2025

Pulse of the Purple Fan

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

Available · in the studio, Phoenix

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Purple unfolding — the fan as form, the pulse as life, violet finding its geometry in the act of opening.

Pulse of the Purple Fan (30x30 in., oil on canvas, 2025) is part of my Organic Movement Collection, where gesture and texture transform into rhythm and vitality. This work radiates with violet, magenta, and plum hues, converging into a fan-like form that expands outward—simultaneously delicate and commanding. The layered strokes create a pulsation that feels alive, almost breathing, embodying a sense of energy in suspension.

The use of thread in place of traditional brushes intensifies the tactile presence of the surface, capturing both the fragility and force of movement. This tension recalls the explorations of Anish Kapoor’s vibrant monochromes and Olafur Eliasson’s sensory environments—art that doesn’t just sit in front of you, but instead immerses you. Pulse of the Purple Fan similarly refuses to be static; it invites the viewer into a dialogue of expansion and contraction, color and void, presence and becoming.

This work stands as both a gesture of intimacy and openness, revealing how form can pulse with unseen rhythms—an organic unfolding that feels simultaneously ancient and immediate.

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
Warm ambient light enhances organic palette — thread catches light beautifully
Daylight
Rich purple and oxblood give it enough weight to hold in bright rooms, though direct sun pales the lavender. Raking light across the fan sharpens every thread ridge as it opens.

Lives best in

Bedroom 5/5

The slow expansion and contraction of the fan form, held in lavender and soft violet with oxblood at its heart, turns a bedroom wall into a breathing presence.

Living room 4/5

At 2.5 × 2.5 ft the fan form holds its own without dominating, and the lavender-to-oxblood pulse gives a living room wall something to sustain across hours and moods.

Details

Size
2.5 × 2.5 ft (W × H)
Medium
Oil on canvas with thread
Year
2025
Collection
Organic Movement
Palette
Lavender · Soft Lilac · Lavender · Soft Violet · Oxblood · Rich Purple
Weight
About 22 lb
Ready
In the studio; delivery 6–10 weeks

Its ArtGram

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  • Texture3
  • Form2
  • Colour range2
  • Palette3.9
  • Contrast4.2
  • Abstraction Quotient0
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