Fluid Renaissance, a orange abstract acrylic painting by Ritu Raj (acrylic on woodcut, 4 × 4 ft)

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Abstract Inquiry · 2025

Fluid Renaissance

4 × 4 ft · Acrylic on woodcut · 2025

Available · in the studio, Phoenix

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The Renaissance made fluid — the inquiry into what happens to classical forms when abstraction acts on them.

Fluid Renaissance is a 48" x 48" mixed media painting on wood—a celebration of spontaneity, surface, and saturated color. What began as an unexpected surplus of epoxy became the spark for something unplanned and alive: a visual experiment in letting go.

Bold reds, deep blues, and luminous yellows cascade across a soft, neutral ground, flowing in loose, organic forms. Acrylic pigments move with freedom across the panel, blending and drifting in intuitive waves. The wood grain anchors the motion, grounding the energy in something earthy and tactile. Layers of glossy resin seal the surface, heightening the color and light, giving the piece a liquid-like clarity. The finish is glassy, almost reflective—inviting the viewer in, only to shift as the light changes.

There’s no roadmap here—just process and presence. Fluid Renaissance was created in a moment of improvisation, guided less by design than by curiosity. Yet the result feels deliberate in its balance: vibrant but composed, energetic but grounded. There’s a quiet structure in the chaos, a visual rhythm that echoes the grandeur of Renaissance compositions—but without their symmetry or restraint.

This is a piece about transformation. About finding beauty in accident. About letting color lead. It invites you to spend time with its movement—to get lost in its shifting surfaces and layered space. The longer you look, the more there is to find.

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
The carved woodcut surface comes alive in raking window light, each cut throwing its own shadow. Copper and rust warm through the afternoon while the ultramarine holds; strong contrast keeps it legible in full sun.

Lives best in

Living room 5/5

Fluid Renaissance rewards the room where people slow down. It changes on the sec

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
Deep Gray · Lilac Gray · Graphite Black · Copper · Rust · Ultramarine · Muted White
Weight
About 22 lb
Ready
In the studio; delivery 8–12 weeks

Its reading

Read on the six dimensions of ArtGraph.

  • Texture5
  • Form4
  • Colour range4
  • Palette2.5
  • Contrast4.4
  • Abstraction Quotient1.5
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