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.

Six rose-forms are arranged across the canvas in two loose rows, each rendered as concentric red spiral strokes — petals suggested by rotation rather than individual leaf description. The ground between and behind the roses is a dense mosaic of short directional marks in teal, blue, green, yellow, and pink, vibrating at the same energy as the roses themselves so that figure and ground compete rather than cooperate. The reds are pure and unmodulated, operating as the dominant frequency against the heterogeneous surround. No stems, no vase, no table edge is visible — the roses exist in the field without support. The paint is applied thickly throughout, each individual mark preserving its direction.

Materials used:

Oil on canvas

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 40.64 x 30.48 x 2.54cm (unframed)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: Flowers and plants

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