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Nina Simone Singing The Blues (2020) Original Oil Painting by Ryan Louder
96.01 x 153.01 x 0.2cm (unframed)
£4,000Sold
Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 7/10 — Significant
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: Deep teal-green palette — hypnagogic chromatic signature; figure rendered in cool blue-white against dark ground creating phosphorescent luminosity; eyes closed in trance/performance state — inward-directed consciousness; background figures dissolve into shadow making them partially visible-partially absent (hypnagogic half-figures); the performer's raised face and closed eyes mirrors the hypnagogic posture of reception; dark atmospheric ground removes spatial anchoring
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:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 96.01 x 153.01 x 0.2cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
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Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 7/10 — Significant
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: Deep teal-green palette — hypnagogic chromatic signature; figure rendered in cool blue-white against dark ground creating phosphorescent luminosity; eyes closed in trance/performance state — inward-directed consciousness; background figures dissolve into shadow making them partially visible-partially absent (hypnagogic half-figures); the performer's raised face and closed eyes mirrors the hypnagogic posture of reception; dark atmospheric ground removes spatial anchoring
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:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 96.01 x 153.01 x 0.2cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#blue#large oil#large blue#nina#simone#oil apinting#blues singer#nina simone#singing the




