Two Old Friends (2017) Original Oil Painting by Ryan Louder

Signal Rating: 7/10 — Significant
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: phantom figures (both figures rendered with features dissolving — left figure is partially dematerialised, right figure laughs with features collapsing into white); self-luminous forms (both figures emit extreme high-key luminosity from within, faces appear lit from inside against grey ground); boundary dissolution (both figures dissolve at all edges — no stable body contour); unstable identities (expressions are in states of transformation, not stable)

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 paper

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 42.01 x 29.49 x 0.2cm (unframed) / 424 x 29.49cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: People and portraits

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