My interest and joy in having my own art website is growing day by day, week by week. You read a lot of different artist’s curriculum vitae's and they always include shows that they have done in the past. There are many of us with a deep creative spirit that happen also to be in the winter of our lives, or at least the late fall, that no longer desire to market their vision in a traditional manner that detracts from their quality of life. Getting your name out there, networking, making contacts, marketing to galleries, is a great deal of hard work. Yesterday I decided to put on my own solo photography show and just added an additional page to my website. I thought that I would let it run for two months, and then change the material so that every year I have six different solo shows. What fun! In addition, I get to be the curator. Whether a person likes the show or not to me is irrelevant. What is relevant is that it exists; and it is work that I felt has merit and says something about me as a creative individual. Why bring all these middle people into the equation when in fact all we want to do is have a platform to present our vision? There won't be any wine, there won't be any crackers, there won't be any grand opening. As soon as you hit the button save and publish your solo show is ready to go. If you happen to be in New Zealand and someone tells you about my site or you stumble upon it you might be able to look at "Dry Bones and Steel" a solo show by David Soderquist.
The subject of decomposition and decay has been one that I've always been interested in. The laws of thermodynamics have always postulated that all things that have order have a desire to seek an even more stable plane, a less complex order of existence. This causes death both in humans and in the products that we produce. Bones and teeth, rust, metal, antlers, and the harsh rays of the sun's iridescence brings about a sublime beauty that can be readily captured with the camera. The spirit is transcendent, what is left behind is left behind and this has been an immensely fascinating subject to photographers for decades. I hope you enjoy my first solo show. If not, that's OK also. Thank you for your viewing.