The End Of The Bull FightLimited edition print Paper Print 
by Ryan Louder

Signal Rating: 7/10 — Significant
Classification: Hypnagogic

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 hypnagogic imagery — embedded secondary images, phantom figures, and forms emerging from within the scene.

Neuroaesthetic markers identified: Mixed media on wood: sanguine/chalk drawing with oil colour accents; the dying bull is rendered in rapid gestural marks that suggest simultaneous presence and dissolution — the animal is fading from the picture even as it falls; the red ankh symbol above the bull is a non-naturalistic intrusion — a symbolic form from outside the depicted scene appearing within it, a classic hypnagogic image-bleed; the matador kneels in grief/exhaustion beside the animal, rendered in yellow and magenta against the bare wood ground; the exposed wood grain becomes the environmental ground without being painted — the real material world visible through the depicted world, another threshold layer; the composition reads as a hypnagogic memory-vision of violence and grief rather than observation

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.

Materials used:

Oil paint

Details:

• Pastel drawing 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

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