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Puppet On A StringLimited 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: 9/10 — 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: explicit sleep-paralysis visual: humanoid figure with joint-visible articulated limbs (puppet joints at wrists and elbows) — the body-as-controlled-object is a defining hallucinatory motif; figure balanced on a single wire line with arms outstretched in surrender/crucifixion/paralysis posture; wide blue vacant eyes suggest consciousness without bodily agency; the puppet does not know it is a puppet — this is the experience of the body feeling operated from outside during REM intrusion; one of the most direct neurological self-portraits in this body of work
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 single figure stands balanced on a diagonal line crossing the lower third of the canvas — a tightrope or wire rendered as one thin dark stroke. The figure wears a red top, teal trousers, and a multicoloured striped hat; both arms are extended outward with palms open and fingers splayed wide, the hands painted with exaggerated articulation — each digit distinct, almost skeletal. The face is pale, eyes very blue and very round, the expression arrested mid-alarm. The elbow and wrist joints carry visible circular marks suggesting puppet articulation. The ground is a loose pale green-grey wash with vertical texture, offering no spatial context. The figure neither walks nor falls, simply exists in the condition of the wire.
Materials used:
Ink and oil paint
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 22.86 x 30.48 x 0.51cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Cartoon
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#blue eyes#red top#pale ground#puppet figure#tightrope wire#splayed hands#multicoloured hat#teal trousers#joint markings#alarmed expression
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Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 9/10 — 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: explicit sleep-paralysis visual: humanoid figure with joint-visible articulated limbs (puppet joints at wrists and elbows) — the body-as-controlled-object is a defining hallucinatory motif; figure balanced on a single wire line with arms outstretched in surrender/crucifixion/paralysis posture; wide blue vacant eyes suggest consciousness without bodily agency; the puppet does not know it is a puppet — this is the experience of the body feeling operated from outside during REM intrusion; one of the most direct neurological self-portraits in this body of work
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 single figure stands balanced on a diagonal line crossing the lower third of the canvas — a tightrope or wire rendered as one thin dark stroke. The figure wears a red top, teal trousers, and a multicoloured striped hat; both arms are extended outward with palms open and fingers splayed wide, the hands painted with exaggerated articulation — each digit distinct, almost skeletal. The face is pale, eyes very blue and very round, the expression arrested mid-alarm. The elbow and wrist joints carry visible circular marks suggesting puppet articulation. The ground is a loose pale green-grey wash with vertical texture, offering no spatial context. The figure neither walks nor falls, simply exists in the condition of the wire.
Materials used:
Ink and oil paint
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 22.86 x 30.48 x 0.51cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Cartoon
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#blue eyes#red top#pale ground#puppet figure#tightrope wire#splayed hands#multicoloured hat#teal trousers#joint markings#alarmed expression
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