American artist, shaman, and free spirit Barnaby Ruhe prepares to pounce on an 8-foot-by-8-foot wood panel with a fully-loaded paintbrush at the Baum School of Art, Fifth and Linden streets, Allentown. At the Sept. 20 “Third Thursday” opening reception for his “Regenesis” exhibit, Ruhe created a spontaneous canvas to the improvisational jazz of saxophonist Gary Joseph Hassay and keyboardist Dan Copyright - &Copy; Ed Courrier