The Art of Allowing - Kimana Evans shares her experience working with David Baker

 I met David when I was a senior in High School, 1969. He did a little volunteer work with our art department designing sets with us for a play or something. He was all wild hair and pipe and had the most inquisitive nature of anyone I had ever met. Like a cat silently watching and playing at everything. So began Adventures with David! I had asked him if he would  teach me to paint and he said that he didn't teach but that I could come and paint with him whenever I liked.  Over the next few years, when I wasn't at art school I would hang out and paint with him, every opportunity I could get.  Also,on our breaks from school, a bunch of friends would join the drawing group which was a highlight for us to be with the pros! Often we would bring the model with us!  

Our time together was spent in a process of "see what happens." He would set up two of everything. two easels, two palettes with paint, brushes and spray bottles and we would paint together. Sometimes he would paint me and sometimes I would paint him. We would apply some colors to a fresh board, add some spray and sit back and see what happened as the color played and moved within itself, as the creation came to life!

In the art of allowing, images would reveal themselves, grow and change, and he would allow the creative elements to come to life! David never made an image conform to his will. He was as if in partnership with his subject and media and always allowed the paintings to grow naturally. He truly lived from his heart.

David and I would take field trips often, into Nature.We would spend an afternoon sitting on rocks in the river, listening as the water tumbled over the rocks, and watching as the light danced on the water. It was living music! We spoke little and just opened to what Nature was showing us. Thoughts just disappeared. We absorbed it all and when we were back in the studio, the magic would pour forth.

From my perspective, everything about David's life was self-discovery. Whether he was painting or making music or writing poetry, it was a deep and joyous expression of his Artist Spirit. 

Paintings of Betty and Barney Hill's Alien Abduction

David Baker was always interested in the paranormal. He sat in on an interview with Betty and Barney Hill while they were under hypnosis, and created these paintings from their descriptions of the events of their abduction in the 1960s. 

The Fiery Orb

The Capture

The Leader

The Examiner

From Amazon.com, about the book, Captured:

The 1961 abduction of the Hills stirred worldwide interest, primarily because of the book The Interrupted Journey, the subsequent media coverage, and a 1975 TV movie, The UFO Incident. The case is mentioned in almost all UFO abduction books. It also became a target for debunkers, who still attack it today.

Kathleen Marden

But the complete story of what really happened that day, its effect on the participants, and the findings of investigators has never been told...until now.

In Captured! you'll get an insider's look at the alien abduction, previously unpublished information about the lives of the Hills before and after Barney's death in 1969, their status as celebrities, Betty's experiences as a UFO investigator, and other activities before her death in 2004.

Kathleen Marden, Betty Hill's niece, shares details from her discussions with Betty and from the evidence of the UFO abduction. She also looks at the Hills' riveting hypnosis sessions about their time onboard the spacecraft. The transcripts of these sessions provide insight into the character of the aliens, including their curiosity, their democratic discussions, and their desire to avoid inflicting pain.

In addition, co-author, physicist, and ufologist Stanton T. Friedman, the original civilian investigator of the Roswell Incident, reviews and refutes the arguments of those who have attacked the Hill case, including the star map Betty Hill saw inside the craft and later recreated.

Grant Applications

Judy reported today that the first grant applications have been submitted!