{"product_id":"piano-player-by-ryan-louder-2","title":"Piano Player 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: chimeric fusion; boundary dissolution; unstable identities; pareidolic embedding (text\/marks embedded in face); self-luminous forms; figure-ground collapse; phantom figures in background scrawl\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\u003eAn interior flooded with diffuse light from three large sash windows: a dark iron bathtub occupies the foreground-centre, its interior holding a pale reflection. Outside the windows, greenery is suggested in pale strokes. A figure sits to the right of the tub in a dark top, leaning slightly forward, face turned toward the tub's surface in a posture of stillness rather than action. The windows dominate the upper two-thirds, pressing pale blue-grey light into the room and washing the walls. The figure does not engage the viewer. The scene has the quality of an arrested moment — waiting, or having just finished — held inside a room that is mostly light.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ryan Louder","offers":[{"title":"Original - 40.64 x 30.48 x 0.25cm (unframed)","offer_id":57979378073945,"sku":"1751451","price":749.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Signed A3 Print (16x20\" Mount)","offer_id":57979378106713,"sku":"1751451-print-a3","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4246\/3577\/files\/02057a9cc8c0433a9caa50513b580f10_opt.jpg?v=1777841652","url":"https:\/\/ryanlouder.com\/products\/piano-player-by-ryan-louder-2","provider":"Ryan Louder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}