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The Sleepy ClownLimited edition print Paper Print
by Ryan Louder
£135.00
From an edition of 125
Size 40.64 x 50.8 cm (unframed)
Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 8/10 — Strong
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: title is explicit neurological signal — the clown sleeps upright, a classic sleep-paralysis/narcoleptic posture; clown costume (yellow/red Pierrot) collapses into unconsciousness while companion woman remains awake and attentive — vigilance asymmetry; clown's hands dangling open and limp; baby cradled by companion introduces vulnerability/fragility motif; teal/dark background has crude gestural marks suggesting hypnagogic visual noise; the sleeping figure in surreal costume is a direct metaphor for the artist's condition — passing out in social/performance context
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
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 56 x 87 x 0.1cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#picasso#picasso inspired#modigliani#modigliani inspired#like picasso#charachters
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Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 8/10 — Strong
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: title is explicit neurological signal — the clown sleeps upright, a classic sleep-paralysis/narcoleptic posture; clown costume (yellow/red Pierrot) collapses into unconsciousness while companion woman remains awake and attentive — vigilance asymmetry; clown's hands dangling open and limp; baby cradled by companion introduces vulnerability/fragility motif; teal/dark background has crude gestural marks suggesting hypnagogic visual noise; the sleeping figure in surreal costume is a direct metaphor for the artist's condition — passing out in social/performance context
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
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 56 x 87 x 0.1cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#picasso#picasso inspired#modigliani#modigliani inspired#like picasso#charachters
Ryan Louder
United Kingdom
About
I am a London based artist My artwork derives inspiration from the vivid and often surreal experiences of rapid eye movement (REM) intrusions, which are characteristic of a neurological condition... Read more