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Portrait Of A Man ...Limited edition print Paper Print
by Ryan Louder
£75.00
From an edition of 120
Size 22.86 x 30.48 cm (unframed)
Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 8/10 — Strong
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: form emergence; boundary dissolution; figure-ground collapse; phantom figures; Klüver form constants
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.
The figure reclines at an angle that crosses the picture plane diagonally, the head toward the upper right. The face is partially visible — a pale area amid directional grey smears — with one eye and the suggestion of a nose emerging from the charcoal field without clear edge separation. Marks across the figure are sweeping and directional, establishing movement rather than describing anatomy. The lower left carries the only warm note: a small stroke of red-orange that does not belong to the figure. White ground survives only at the outer perimeter, pressed back by the expanding grey-charcoal field. The figure feels caught mid-dissolution, the medium consuming the image as it forms it.
Materials used:
Oil paint and charcoal
Details:
- Oil painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 30.48 x 22.86 x 0.25cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Nudes and erotic
Tags:
#red accent#reclining figure#monochrome grey#partial face#figure dissolution#grey charcoal#diagonal pose#white perimeter#directional smear
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Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 8/10 — Strong
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: form emergence; boundary dissolution; figure-ground collapse; phantom figures; Klüver form constants
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.
The figure reclines at an angle that crosses the picture plane diagonally, the head toward the upper right. The face is partially visible — a pale area amid directional grey smears — with one eye and the suggestion of a nose emerging from the charcoal field without clear edge separation. Marks across the figure are sweeping and directional, establishing movement rather than describing anatomy. The lower left carries the only warm note: a small stroke of red-orange that does not belong to the figure. White ground survives only at the outer perimeter, pressed back by the expanding grey-charcoal field. The figure feels caught mid-dissolution, the medium consuming the image as it forms it.
Materials used:
Oil paint and charcoal
Details:
- Oil painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 30.48 x 22.86 x 0.25cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Nudes and erotic
Tags:
#red accent#reclining figure#monochrome grey#partial face#figure dissolution#grey charcoal#diagonal pose#white perimeter#directional smear
Ryan Louder
United Kingdom
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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