Ashley Ravidas is a California based abstract painter whose work explores geometry, color, and optical perception. After a decade working in software consulting, she transitioned to a full time studio practice in 2024, bringing a systems-oriented approach to composition and process.

Working primarily with acrylic on canvas and paper, Ashley uses matte medium, paint, and tape to build subtle surface ridges that give her paintings a precise hard-edge quality. Carefully calibrated gradients and repeated forms create optical shifts that suggest movement, depth, and quite vibration across the surface.

Her work draws from the lineage of hard-edge geometric abstraction and minimalism of the 1960’s and 70’s, referencing artists such as Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, and Bridget Riley. Rather than revisiting these histories directly, Ravidas extends them through a contemporary lens - shaped by digital thinking, restraint, and repetition.