Horse Riding On The Beach A...Limited edition print Paper Print 
by Ryan Louder

Signal Rating: 7/10 — Significant
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; chimeric fusion; boundary dissolution; figure-ground collapse; 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 horse and rider are depicted as a single small dark silhouette against a pale luminous beach at low tide, occupying the centre of the composition. The figure is small relative to the canvas — the majority of the image is given over to the horizontal landscape: a pale reflective sand surface at lower half, misted hills receding to either side, and a warm diffuse sky at upper right that suggests dawn or dusk light without depicting a sun. The rider and horse cast a faint reflection in the wet sand below. The palette is restrained — warm greys, pale ochre, and muted rose — the handling loose throughout, the sky and hills barely differentiated from each other.

Materials used:

Oil on loose canvas

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 40.64 x 30.48 x 0.51cm (unframed)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky

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