BlueLimited edition print Paper Print 
by Ryan Louder

Signal Rating: 9/10 — Strong
Classification: Hypnagogic

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 hypnagogic imagery — embedded secondary images, phantom figures, and forms emerging from within the scene.

Neuroaesthetic markers identified: phantom figures; self-luminous forms; boundary dissolution; unstable identities

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 large canvas composed of a mosaic-like arrangement of square and rectangular paint blocks in varying tones of blue — deep navy, cerulean, cobalt, and cold white — each applied with a loaded brush, leaving visible impasto ridges. The pattern covers the canvas with near-total regularity, the whites distributed unevenly and clustering slightly in the upper centre, creating a vague sense of light emanating from that region. There are no figures, no landscape, no gestural marks beyond the blocky units themselves. The overall effect is of a tiled or crystalline surface — like looking into a deep body of water through its own reflected pattern of light.

Materials used:

oil paint canvas

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 101.6 x 76.2cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Abstract
• Subject: Abstract and non-figurative

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