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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)

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£4,000Sold

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

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#blue#large oil#large blue#nina#simone#oil apinting#blues singer#nina simone#singing the
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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:

Tags:

#blue#large oil#large blue#nina#simone#oil apinting#blues singer#nina simone#singing the
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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

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