Solar combustion artist Billy Keith started collecting fresnel lenses in 2008, teaching himself how to capture the sun’s power and burn one of kind works of art with a 2000 degree focal point of fire. Over the years he has dedicated himself to his craft and has participated in folk art shows like Minnie Adkins day in Kentucky, Finster Fest and Pootfest in Georgia, Moss Rock Fest in Alabama, and the Fearrington Folk Art Show in North Carolina. His solar art has also been featured in the Kentucky Folk Art Museum in Morehead and in a Front Street gallery in Dayton, Ohio. Billy and his wife Michele opened their own art gallery, The Sun Shop, in Louisville, Kentucky in 2024 but are now focused on making their historic shotgun house in Smoketown the next showroom. His favorite thing is sharing his connection to the sun with others and burning art in real time out in public, as well as bringing his love of performing street art to a digital street corner, where people from all over the world can come together and interact with him in real time as they share in the magic of his creations.