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The Boy Who Could FlyLimited 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: chimeric fusion; self-luminous forms; phantom figures; Klüver form constants in cloud patterning; ecstatic dissociation; birds as autonomous hallucinatory entities
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 boy occupies the lower centre — dark skin, eyes closed, hands raised to his mouth holding a small indeterminate object. Around him, a sky of cerulean blue and white cloud extends across the entire canvas. Five or six birds — finch-sized, rendered with specific detail and vivid colouration in green, red, and yellow — are distributed throughout the sky, one settled on the boy's head. The birds are more precisely rendered than the clouds; their plumage carries the hyper-focused clarity of objects singled out from their surroundings. The boy's closed eyes and raised hands suggest an inward state rather than interaction. The clouds carry loosely figured marks — forms that hover between cumulus and something else.
Materials used:
Oil paint on canvas
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 60.96 x 45.72 x 2.54cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Animals and birds
Tags:
#colourful birds#head bird#cerulean sky#raised hands#suspended figure#inward state#eyes-closed boy#vivid birds#clear plumage#cloud figures
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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: chimeric fusion; self-luminous forms; phantom figures; Klüver form constants in cloud patterning; ecstatic dissociation; birds as autonomous hallucinatory entities
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 boy occupies the lower centre — dark skin, eyes closed, hands raised to his mouth holding a small indeterminate object. Around him, a sky of cerulean blue and white cloud extends across the entire canvas. Five or six birds — finch-sized, rendered with specific detail and vivid colouration in green, red, and yellow — are distributed throughout the sky, one settled on the boy's head. The birds are more precisely rendered than the clouds; their plumage carries the hyper-focused clarity of objects singled out from their surroundings. The boy's closed eyes and raised hands suggest an inward state rather than interaction. The clouds carry loosely figured marks — forms that hover between cumulus and something else.
Materials used:
Oil paint on canvas
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 60.96 x 45.72 x 2.54cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Animals and birds
Tags:
#colourful birds#head bird#cerulean sky#raised hands#suspended figure#inward state#eyes-closed boy#vivid birds#clear plumage#cloud figures
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