Ballet Dancers In P...Limited edition print Paper Print 
by Ryan Louder

Signal Rating: 8/10 — Strong
Classification: Hallucinatory

This painting by Ryan Louder is part of a body of work shaped by his neurological condition — Narcolepsy with REM Intrusion Hallucinations, clinically confirmed via MSLT at Guy's Hospital, London. The work contains hallucinatory imagery — geometric form constants, phosphene-like patterns, and perceptual structures consistent with REM intrusion.

Neuroaesthetic markers identified: self-luminous forms; radiant boundary dissolution; figure levitation; tutu as luminous aureole; darkness as void ground

These markers are not deliberate artistic techniques but direct visual recordings of what REM intrusion hallucinations look like. The imagery emerges from neurological experience, not metaphor. Ryan has painted over 2,000 works, with over 1,000 originals sold. Each painting in this collection has been subjected to neuroaesthetic forensic analysis to identify and catalogue the perceptual phenomena present.

A dancer is caught mid-movement, body arched and one arm raised high, head inclined downward. The rendering is in dark charcoal and pale chalk on dark paper — the figure constructed through highlights and selective mark rather than outline. The raised arm and hand at the upper left are the most resolved forms, catching the most light; the torso and lowered arm are indicated by chalk strokes against the ground. The face is turned away or inclined downward, expressing no specific affect. The surrounding darkness is complete, the figure existing without spatial context, lit from an unspecified source at close range as if isolated in a void.

Materials used:

Charcoal sanguine pastel

Details:

• Pastel drawing on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 29.72 x 41.91 x 0.25cm (unframed)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: People and portraits

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