London Westminster

Things on my wall: it is a massive 48 x 36“ canvas.
I like that It has that feeling that you have when you’re standing in London at night, looking across the River Thames. There is a feeling of expanse even though you’re in the city. The light against Westminster is a recurring theme in my paintings. It does fascinate me how the sunlight hits it, and how the artificial lights light it at night. The building itself is remarkable and ever inspirational for painting.

Ryan Louder is a London-based artist known for his vivid, hallucinatory paintings inspired by real-time REM intrusion episodes a neurological phenomenon linked to his narcolepsy. Diagnosed at Guy's Hospital, this rare condition causes dream states to bleed into waking life, allowing Ryan to capture surreal visions as they unfold. His work explores the threshold between consciousness and imagination, often layering "images within images" to evoke shifting realities and altered perception.

Ryan's practice merges visual storytelling with neurodivergent insight-transforming a medical anomaly into a portal of constant creativity.