Raymond G. Bayless; fantasy & landscape painter
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Raymond Gordon Bayless, 84, a landscape painter whose works
hang in the National Air and Space Museum and other public
buildings, and author on parapsychology, died May 25 at his
Los Angeles home of natural causes.
Bayless was born in Oakland and spent most of his life in
Los Angeles, where he learned to paint by studying paintings
in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
He provided his works to the federal government,
contributing scenes of ships and landscapes to the Air
Force, Navy, State Department and the Pentagon.
Bayless, who also painted science fiction and fantasy
scenes, created a half dozen book jackets for Arkham House
Publishers Inc. Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury in 2000
called his fantasy and landscape paintings "truly
excellent."
Bayless published a half dozen books on parapsychology and
collaborated on others: "The Enigma of the Poltergeist,"
"Animal Ghosts," "Experiences of a Psychical Researcher,"
"The Other Side of Death," "Apparitions and Survival of
Death" and "Voices from Beyond."