FlowersLimited edition print Paper Print 
by Ryan Louder

Signal Rating: 6/10 — Significant
Classification: Hallucinatory

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 hallucinatory imagery — geometric form constants, phosphene-like patterns, and perceptual structures consistent with REM intrusion.

Neuroaesthetic markers identified: figure-ground collapse; boundary dissolution; form emergence; secondary image

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 bunch of tulips occupies the full vertical height of the canvas, painted in mauve-pink and deep rose against dark forest green and off-white. The flowers are at various stages: some heads are open, rendered as loose clusters of overlapping petal-strokes; others are still furled, upright at the upper edge. The stems are indicated as vertical green strokes descending into a glass container suggested but not described at the lower quarter. The paint handling is rapid and confident — each petal and leaf stated in one or two strokes without revision. The background alternates between deep green shadow and lighter passages where canvas or underpainting shows. No table surface or context beyond the immediate plant is present.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 27.94 x 35.56 x 0.64cm (unframed)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: Flowers and plants

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