Waves of Citrine and Azure Whispers, a teal abstract thread painting by Ritu Raj (oil on canvas with thread, 3 × 3 ft)

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Organic Movement · 2025

Waves of Citrine and Azure Whispers

An Intimate Storm in Thread and Light

3 × 3 ft · Oil on canvas with thread · 2025

Available · in the studio, Phoenix

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Citrine and azure — yellow warmth and blue cool in intimate conversation, a wave that barely lifts the surface.

At just three feet square, Waves of Citrine and Azure Whispers carries the weight of a tempest in miniature. Painted with my signature thread-based Organic Movement technique, this work juxtaposes the warm luminosity of citrine with the fluid cool of azure—each layer pulled, dragged, and suspended through oil-soaked thread.

The painting evolved from a desire to explore what happens when control surrenders to motion. Every arc and sweep is the product of both physical intention and material spontaneity. You can see the feathering of fibers where light catches the ridges, and feel the motion in each twisted line—a kind of visual choreography embedded in paint.

This piece is inspired by coastal skies and fleeting weather—those moments where storms don’t so much break as they dissolve into quiet clarity. The painting breathes with a rhythm between containment and release. From the raw tactility of texture to the chromatic energy between blue and yellow-orange, this work is designed to engage the eye as much as it mirrors the body’s breath.

Collectors, curators, and interior designers looking for emotional resonance paired with tactile innovation will find in this piece a contemplative, yet energizing, focal point.

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
This small storm stays cool in Prussian blue and faded ink, with copper as the warm note that brightens in afternoon sun. It reads well in a bright room, and side light picks out the thread ridges.

Lives best in

Bedroom 5/5

Waves of Citrine and Azure Whispers lives best where it can be seen first thing

Living room 4/5

Waves of Citrine and Azure Whispers rewards the room where people slow down. It

Details

Size
3 × 3 ft (W × H)
Medium
Oil on canvas with thread
Year
2025
Collection
Organic Movement
Palette
Deep Gray · Lilac Gray · Faded Ink · Prussian Blue · Copper · Metallic · Muted White
Weight
About 22 lb
Ready
In the studio; delivery 6–10 weeks

Its reading

Read on the six dimensions of ArtGraph.

  • Texture3
  • Form2
  • Colour range2
  • Palette2.7
  • Contrast4
  • Abstraction Quotient0
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