RoarLimited edition print Paper Print
by Ryan Louder
£75.00
From an edition of 120
Size 22.86 x 30.48 cm (unframed)
Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 5/10 — Moderate
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: lion/big cat mid-roar in dramatic chiaroscuro; dark grey brushwork creates atmosphere of emergence from shadow; the open mouth with pink interior is the compositional and emotional apex; the animal appears from darkness rather than being observed in light — threshold emergence; raw primal sound rendered as image is consistent with hypnagogic sensory blending (sound-as-vision)
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 lion in mid-roar occupies the right of centre of the canvas, head thrown back and mouth fully open — the pink interior of the mouth and the pale cream teeth are the dominant light source in the composition. The head and mane are rendered in yellow-ochre, golden brown, and dark grey-black, the marks rapid and gestural, the mane dissolving into the dark grey-blue ground at its edges. The left of the canvas carries loose ochre and grey marks that read as the remnant of a body or the ambient light of the roar itself. The ground is very dark — near-black in the lower register — so the open mouth appears to emerge from darkness as a luminous event.
Materials used:
Oil on paper
Details:
- Oil painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40.64 x 30.48 x 0.25cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Animals and birds
Tags:
#chiaroscuro#dark ground#gestural marks#roaring lion#open mouth#pink interior#ochre mane#luminous roar#rapid impasto
Free returns14 day money back guaranteeLearn more
Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 5/10 — Moderate
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: lion/big cat mid-roar in dramatic chiaroscuro; dark grey brushwork creates atmosphere of emergence from shadow; the open mouth with pink interior is the compositional and emotional apex; the animal appears from darkness rather than being observed in light — threshold emergence; raw primal sound rendered as image is consistent with hypnagogic sensory blending (sound-as-vision)
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 lion in mid-roar occupies the right of centre of the canvas, head thrown back and mouth fully open — the pink interior of the mouth and the pale cream teeth are the dominant light source in the composition. The head and mane are rendered in yellow-ochre, golden brown, and dark grey-black, the marks rapid and gestural, the mane dissolving into the dark grey-blue ground at its edges. The left of the canvas carries loose ochre and grey marks that read as the remnant of a body or the ambient light of the roar itself. The ground is very dark — near-black in the lower register — so the open mouth appears to emerge from darkness as a luminous event.
Materials used:
Oil on paper
Details:
- Oil painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40.64 x 30.48 x 0.25cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Animals and birds
Tags:
#chiaroscuro#dark ground#gestural marks#roaring lion#open mouth#pink interior#ochre mane#luminous roar#rapid impasto
Ryan Louder
United Kingdom
About
Ryan Louder paints dreams in real time. Close to one thousand originals sold over a career spanning more than ten years. Independent AI visual analysis of 873 of his paintings... Read more