Yellow Eyes (2017) Original Oil Painting 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: Extreme close-up cat face — enormous golden-yellow irises dominate the entire composition; the eyes are hyper-saturated and hyper-illuminated against a near-black ground; animal eyes appearing in darkness with abnormal luminosity is a documented hypnagogic hallucination type (the watching presence); the face is partially resolved — features visible but fur/boundary dissolves into the dark ground; the confrontational unblinking gaze of an animal that is not fully materialised is a precise hypnagogic marker

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:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 30.48 x 40.64 x 2.54cm (unframed) / 30.48 x 40.64cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: People and portraits

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