{"product_id":"ballet-by-ryan-louder-4","title":"Ballet by Ryan Louder","description":"\u003cp\u003eSignal Rating: 8\/10 — Strong\u003cbr\u003e\nClassification: Hallucinatory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeuroaesthetic markers identified: self-luminous forms; radiant boundary dissolution; figure levitation; tutu as luminous aureole; darkness as void ground\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst an almost total black ground, a ballerina stands on pointe with arms extended, centred vertically on the canvas. The tutu is a high-intensity acid yellow — a colour that does not belong to any naturalistic stage lighting, its emission purely pictorial. White-yellow light halos the tutu's edge and traces the arms, originating not from any visible lamp but from the figure itself, applied with radiating marks that reinforce the outward direction of the glow. The face is downcast, eyes closed, the expression inward. Long legs descend to a single pointe-shoe contact with the dark lower ground, the figure appearing to float rather than stand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ryan Louder","offers":[{"title":"Original - 60.96 x 76.2 x 2.54cm (unframed)","offer_id":57979449672025,"sku":"1405697","price":830.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Signed A3 Print (16x20\" Mount)","offer_id":57979449704793,"sku":"1405697-print-a3","price":153.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4246\/3577\/files\/a37b3dbcfb2c46fdb3ae6fc060c26caf_opt.jpg?v=1777842941","url":"https:\/\/ryanlouder.com\/products\/ballet-by-ryan-louder-4","provider":"Ryan Louder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}