One of America's most well-known artists is trying to find Indian partners for some innovative renewable energy ideas. John Pitre, one of America's most well-known surrealist painters, had been thinking about renewable energy for a long time.
He had played around with different ideas for four decades, and had once made some designs for using wave energy off the coast of California. "You couldn't sell those things because oil was eight dollars a barrel," says Pitre. Now that oil is expensive, he is trying to run a business with some of his designs. He set up a company, Natural Power Concepts, based in Hawaii.
Pitre had become famous in the 1960s with a painting called the New Dawn, which depicted a caveman standing among the ruins of what may have been a skyscraper.
This painting became a subject of interest once again after the WTC attacks, when some people saw the painting as a portent of the attacks. Another painting, called Restrictions, sold seven million copies worldwide. While making a reputation as artist, in true Da Vinci style, Pitre had also been making various kinds of machines.
He had designed a diving gear and explored the ocean depths, well before such equipment was commercially available. He flew several kinds of airplanes, including one that he designed himself. He made exercise equipment that has become popular among celebrities. He holds more than 30 patents, some of them in renewable energy.
Natural Power Concepts is pursuing several ideas and has more patents, on various products for using of wind, wave and geothermal energy. They use familiar tech concepts but innovative designs. They also go into unchartered waters.
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