Proud Mary and the Recycled Rocketts.

Like a lighthouse on a foggy black night guiding ships safely home to harbor, a proud Mary blinks in the forefront of the Rocketts.

She is the spiritual light leading the way through the endless stream of secular distractions faced in ones daily life.

Behind Mary, secular distractions furiously blink their own vibrant colors, doing their utmost to blot out Mary's white light of purity and truth.

The Rocketts gathered behind Mary are all in various stages of life and situation. But no matter what their life situation may be, they will always remain safe behind Mary's light of truth.

Occassionally, a Rockett may step to the forefront, to the limelight. But the rush of such a risk can only momentarily be lived. The weight of personal responsibility will prove too much. The limelight only smoke screens the truth. Limelight is blinding. Self delusional. Ego inflating.

Proud Mary shine on.

My daily choice is do my best to stand firmly behind her to bask in her warm light of humility.

This is the best of days.








"Proud Mary and the Recycled Rocketts" is now being exhibited at the ArtWorks All-Media Show.

Brew Babies is Back!

Brew Babies has taken on many different faces over the years.

The whole concept started as an alternative to throwing away our broken coffee maker. Seemed reasonable to me. People have wondered why, though.

Pragmatically, it's a clock. It's an extension of "my sense of humor". Both interpretations are "correct".

But for me, it signifies more. Brew Babies is a representation of ones struggle to find, maintain their own individuality in a crowded mass of other human beings. This is the larger group of babies in the back water tank. Then there is the spiraling downward, the journey of life. The lone coffee cup is a focused area people find, put themselves in, providing a little more individual definition. A social group. Political alignment. A career. Favorite types of movies. These categories are endless, but the ones we choose, define us.

Yet, if you look closer at Brew Babies, there is one baby who is attempting to climb out of the coffee cup. I will only speak for myself, but as defining as the cup categories may be, they still lack in exactness. They still engulf ones real individuality.

My individuality is the person only I know when I am all alone. Exterior noises are silenced. I become invisible to all other human beings. It is my core. A core that no one could ever experience to its fullest. Words, art, music I create and share can all provide outward glimpses of who I am, but never that inner self which only exists within my soul.

Brew Babies is my visual reminder to take time to silence the world, find the space where, even if it's only for a moment, visit my soul, recharging for my next interaction with the mass of humanity we all exist in.
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"Brew Babies" is presently being exhibited on the ArtWorks Landing.

SPCA Dog.

In a joint venture with SPCA staff members and applegate Art, a metal dog sculpture was painted and "decorated".

It will become a permanent display at the SPCA.

The Landing.

For about the past year, applegate Art has had an agreement with ArtWorks to display pieces of our art on their second floor landing.

It has been a great opportunity to highlight our art, especially pieces requiring electricity! I wonder what it is with my fascination of the use of lights?

Captain Buzzy's Beanery!

applegate Art has an exhibit at "Buzzy's" as of Monday, March 16th. Drop by and not only get a good cup of coffee in historic Church Hill, but also see our art.

While in Church Hill, walk down the block and visit historic St. John's Church, where Patrick Henry spoke his infamous "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech.

Walk a few more blocks towards the river and you'll get to witness some of the greatest views of Richmond from Libby Hill Park.

"Captain Buzzy's is a great place to hang. They have good coffee plus interesting, friendly and talkative staff. They offer free WiFi for hanging out with your laptop. They offer quite a few food items also. The ones I have tried are good. The location is in the Church Hill area, in an old building with a cool decor. Plenty of tables and comfortable chairs to go around."

Map It: Captain Buzzy's Beanery!