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Weighing Up DecisionLimited 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: Multiple hands visible — two clearly drawn hands plus at least two ghosted echo-hands below; multiplication of body parts is a canonical hypnagogic hallucination marker (extra limbs, doubled appendages); pink-electric energy traces around the scalp and between the figure and ground suggest REM intrusion aura; figure is rendered in layered graphite with passages of translucency, as if the body is partially dematerialising; upward gaze toward an undefined space above the frame implies awareness of something outside ordinary perceptual bounds
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:
Crayon and ink
Details:
- Pastel drawing on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 30 x 40 x 0.3cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#statement art#interesting#art with#picture for#interesting artwork
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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: Multiple hands visible — two clearly drawn hands plus at least two ghosted echo-hands below; multiplication of body parts is a canonical hypnagogic hallucination marker (extra limbs, doubled appendages); pink-electric energy traces around the scalp and between the figure and ground suggest REM intrusion aura; figure is rendered in layered graphite with passages of translucency, as if the body is partially dematerialising; upward gaze toward an undefined space above the frame implies awareness of something outside ordinary perceptual bounds
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:
Crayon and ink
Details:
- Pastel drawing on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 30 x 40 x 0.3cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#statement art#interesting#art with#picture for#interesting artwork
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