- Ryan Louder
- All Artworks
- Holding On To Fairy Tales
Holding On To Fairy Tales (2021) Original Charcoal Drawing by Ryan Louder
106.68 x 142.24 x 0.51cm (unframed) / 228.6 x 228.6cm (actual image size)
£1,835
Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 9/10 — 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: phantom figures — dense tangle of bodies faces hands emerging from single ground; chimeric fusion — multiple figures coalesce into continuous form; figure-ground collapse throughout; pareidolic embedding across entire surface; boundary dissolution; unstable identities — figures continuously reparse; Klüver form constants (lattice)
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.
Materials used:
Oil paint
Details:
- Charcoal drawing on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 106.68 x 142.24 x 0.51cm (unframed) / 228.6 x 228.6cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#big painting#large oil#statement piece#statement art#grief#very large#big paintings#statement of#picasso like#mogdigliani like
Free returns14 day money back guaranteeLearn more
Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 9/10 — 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: phantom figures — dense tangle of bodies faces hands emerging from single ground; chimeric fusion — multiple figures coalesce into continuous form; figure-ground collapse throughout; pareidolic embedding across entire surface; boundary dissolution; unstable identities — figures continuously reparse; Klüver form constants (lattice)
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.
Materials used:
Oil paint
Details:
- Charcoal drawing on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 106.68 x 142.24 x 0.51cm (unframed) / 228.6 x 228.6cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#big painting#large oil#statement piece#statement art#grief#very large#big paintings#statement of#picasso like#mogdigliani like
Ryan Louder
United Kingdom
About
I am a London based artist My artwork derives inspiration from the vivid and often surreal experiences of rapid eye movement (REM) intrusions, which are characteristic of a neurological condition... Read more