It has been 45 years since my curiosity was piqued by my grand pa’s radio. Till this day I have the frontispiece. I had removed the back and looked inside and was amazed that the insides had wax coated cylinders and these tubes. I set out to find out what and how this was done. Grandpa told me that it was mud and clay, with the copper wire helping the sun’s power help send somebody’s voice over many miles. He chuckled that we are able to do this with our hearts and minds as well.I was amazed that I could hear a ballroom in Russia, a weird sounding music from Little Rock, Arkansa and fiddling from Nashville,Tennessee. I did not know where these places were and I also couldn’t understand what they were saying as my main language is Anishinawbe. This incident has been a primary motivation to study electronics. When I was 18-19 years old, I went to Thunderbay,Ontario, Canada and attended a Fort William Vocational and Technical School to study electronics and upon completion I was to go to the DeVry Institute in Houston,Texas. The last four months of that semester I had art classes and this was when Norval Morriseau and the Woodland artist scene busted out.Because I was Anishinawbe and an artist, I was able to sell my work and I made a lot of friends and money. It was more money then I would have if I went to DeVry to become an Electronics Engineer.So I left and devoted my life to art. But there has always been a lingering interest in electronics and finally it is culminating in Artistream Energy Services whereby me and Scot formed a company to design and install green technology.We just started talks with a group of home-owners who happen to have an artist co-op on about 140 acres.We will design an array for about 10 to 17 buildings with the majority of them residential. It feels good to help the planet be healthier.I will post pictures as we move along.

The original is done with pencil, ink, watercolor, acrylic and egg tempera paints on acid free Somerset paper.

Back in the early eighties, while living in Vancouver, B.C.,Canada, I was involved with an Arts Co-op. Artists from all walks of life and territories had been fortuitously thrown together. Our collective of 8 artists had managed to get a source of funds to be able to create a Co-op. For the first time in my artistic career, I could create art,without having to concern myself with the daily struggles of financial survival. We had funds to sustain our individual family lives. This created an enviroment whereby the group interaction encouraged each of us to excel and grow creative exponentially.We were able to spend a great deal of time together and naturally we talked.
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by Scot Kelly

It has been awhile since I posted here, but sometimes life overtakes even simple things like blog posting. Last week I spent a week in Buenos Aires visiting friends with my family. As we toured “La Boca”, the old port section of Buenos Aires, which is now home to street artists and tango cafes, I met Nestor Rodriquez selling his unusual paintings. Continue Reading »

By Ron Momogeeshick Peters

This sculpture was done using a hack saw blade and some stone carving tools. The rock that I selected is Italian White Alabaster which is a rock that was taken from a quarry with the utmost care. The rock has no fissures or impact zones.

by Scot Kelly

In the 1^st part of Apollo’s Refraction, I outlined 3 broad categories (or processing modes) for valuing art. In part 2 of Apollo’s Refraction, I expounded upon the intuitional and emotional categories and gave a few examples. In this 3^rd part, I will tie this all together with a discussion on the third category – rationalization. Continue Reading »