Art Website

. Ideas/Site Map/Timeline/Budget: I want my site to be relatively simple. 4 or 5 tabs (Portfolio, Contact, Artist Bio, Print Sales....) and I want it to look relatively clean. I am in the process of making some good traction with some galleries, and want to start pitching my portfolio here in the city, so the sooner I can get this site done, the better. Maybe in the next month? The bids I have solicited so far are in the $250-$500 range and this is ideally what I am looking to spend. 1. Style of work or paintings? One question I have gotten by other web designers is whether I would like my website to focus on my style of work or my paintings. I would like the emphasis here to be on my paintings. I feel like I can address my style of work through words on my artist bio, but really do want the focus to be on the work. I am attaching a number of pieces from a number of my different collections over the years to give you a sense of my style. The most recent collection is of the flowers and weapons. This is the collection that I am going to start marketing to galleries. It basically explores feminine and masculine themes and our pre-conceptions of beauty. If you notice, all the flowers are done in very masculine colors (blues and greens), and the guns in very feminine colors (reds and pinks)...Anyway, perhaps a little too much information... In terms of venues I've been featured in. My most recent showing to date, and probably my biggest was the NY International Art Festival in 2005. I also had my art in The Gladstone Hotel's Art Studio in Toronto, as well as a number of smaller Toronto galleries. Some samples of my art are attached. 3. Sites that I Like: a) [login to view URL] What I like about this site: - The intro page - How you enter into site by clicking onto Marc Baptiste’s name - How the pictures flip - How you can see the guide/tabs and the photographer’s name at the top even when you flip through the photos b) [login to view URL] What I like about this site: - The intro page (spec, how his name turns red when you click on it) - How you enter into site by clicking onto the photographer’s name - The clean look and feel. - How you can see the guide/tabs and the photographer’s name at the top even when you flip through the photos c) [login to view URL] What I like about this site: - The simplicity and how it is in B&W - Love the font his name is in and how it appears across intro page - DON’T LIKE the scroll feature to go through the pictures d) [login to view URL] e) [login to view URL] What I like about this site: - The simplicity and how it is in B&W - How you enter into site by clicking onto [login to view URL] Let me know if you have any questions, and I look forward to hearing back from you.