Moby Dick (2020) Original Acrylic Painting by Ryan Louder

Three panels of one bioluminescent night sea, where whale, ocean and sky are all painted in the same deep teal so the edges between them never quite hold.

I have narcolepsy with REM intrusion hallucinations, and this painting leans into the sleep paralysis side of it — the figure pinned to the whale's belly is the body that cannot move. Across the upper panels silhouetted figures are flung through foaming water while a pale moon sits in a green storm sky above a distant skyline. Below, the whale's immense underside glows blue-white across the full width of the canvas.

It is an oil painting on canvas in three vertical panels, 178 x 152 cm overall, with the joins left visible because the fragmentation is part of the picture. I have painted over 2,000 works and sold more than 1,000 originals. This will be carefully packaged and sent by tracked courier.

Materials used:

Oil on Canvas

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 177.8 x 152.4 x 2.54cm (unframed) / 177.8 x 152.4cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: Abstract and non-figurative