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The ThinkerLimited 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: 5/10 — Moderate
Classification: Dissociative
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 dissociative imagery — boundary dissolution, figure-ground collapse, and spatial incoherence consistent with REM intrusion.
Neuroaesthetic markers identified: figure reflected in mirror but the mirror image does not precisely match — slight spatial disconnect between body and reflection; figure touches face with hand in a self-touching gesture consistent with depersonalisation check (am I real?); room environment painted in cool greens and greys creating emotional distance; figure is solitary and inward-turned; dual-self motif (body plus mirror image) is a classic dissociative visual metaphor; heart shape visible in reflected artwork behind suggests emotional content being viewed from a remove
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 dark-haired figure in a green jacket stands left of a large rectangular mirror, one hand raised to touch the lower face. The mirror reflects the room behind — a window with blue-grey curtains, a table with objects, warm wooden flooring — in greater warmth than the figure itself occupies. The face is partially obscured by the raised hand. The mirror's reflection introduces a second version of the space that does not quite match the spatial logic of the room as painted — a slight discontinuity between the two halves. A warm yellow intrusion at lower left resists integration with the cool green and grey tones dominating the rest of the interior.
Materials used:
Oil paint
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 75 x 0.3cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#dark hair#interior space#solitary figure#blue curtains#warm reflection#domestic space#mirror scene#face touch#cool-green grey#reflection gap
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Original artwork description
Signal Rating: 5/10 — Moderate
Classification: Dissociative
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 dissociative imagery — boundary dissolution, figure-ground collapse, and spatial incoherence consistent with REM intrusion.
Neuroaesthetic markers identified: figure reflected in mirror but the mirror image does not precisely match — slight spatial disconnect between body and reflection; figure touches face with hand in a self-touching gesture consistent with depersonalisation check (am I real?); room environment painted in cool greens and greys creating emotional distance; figure is solitary and inward-turned; dual-self motif (body plus mirror image) is a classic dissociative visual metaphor; heart shape visible in reflected artwork behind suggests emotional content being viewed from a remove
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 dark-haired figure in a green jacket stands left of a large rectangular mirror, one hand raised to touch the lower face. The mirror reflects the room behind — a window with blue-grey curtains, a table with objects, warm wooden flooring — in greater warmth than the figure itself occupies. The face is partially obscured by the raised hand. The mirror's reflection introduces a second version of the space that does not quite match the spatial logic of the room as painted — a slight discontinuity between the two halves. A warm yellow intrusion at lower left resists integration with the cool green and grey tones dominating the rest of the interior.
Materials used:
Oil paint
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 75 x 0.3cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#dark hair#interior space#solitary figure#blue curtains#warm reflection#domestic space#mirror scene#face touch#cool-green grey#reflection gap
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