London BlackfriarsLimited edition print Paper Print 
by Ryan Louder

Signal Rating: 5/10 — Moderate
Classification: Dissociative

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 dissociative imagery — boundary dissolution, figure-ground collapse, and spatial incoherence consistent with REM intrusion.

Neuroaesthetic markers identified: boundary dissolution; spatial impossibility; figure-ground collapse

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 red telephone box commands the right foreground — the painting's most solid, most chromatically saturated object — its geometry crisp and grounded against a composition that elsewhere resists resolution. Behind it, across a stone parapet, the embankment and its landmarks unfold: trees in acid green-yellow, Big Ben in warm ochre with clock-face readable, the London Eye traced in thin circular marks against a grey-blue sky. That sky is active — marks in multiple directions give it the agitation of interrupted weather. The landmarks behind the box are present but permeable, their outlines negotiating with the brushwork around them. The red box holds fast while everything else hovers between depiction and dissolution.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Watercolour on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 40 x 30 x 0.51cm (unframed)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Architecture and cityscapes

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