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What should be included in an artist’s statement?
An artist's statement is a personal and reflective piece of writing that provides insight into the artist's creative process, intentions, and the concepts behind their work. It helps viewers, collectors, and art professionals understand the artist's perspective and...
What should I put in my artist’s CV?
Below is a proforma CV that you can use to create your artist CV/statement. Fill in your details inside the square brackets. You can add and remove sections if they are not relevant. Tailor the information to your own experiences, achievements, and style. Make sure to...
Why does an artist need a website?
An artist can benefit greatly from having a website for several reasons: Showcase their work: A website serves as a virtual portfolio where an artist can display their artwork to a global audience. This allows potential clients, galleries, or art enthusiasts to easily...
How to display images and documents on your wordpress website
Displaying Images in An Artist's Website Gallery If you have a portfolio of work to display on your artist's website, there are two main methods: A simple lightbox gallery. A 'category' type gallery. Let's look at the differences. Lightbox Galleries Typically, these...
Studio Websites – New sculptor website
A US based sculptor commissioned a modern, fully responsive WordPress portfolio to replace his old HTML website. This is a large site with ten galleries displaying around eighty images of his wonderful work. Visit site
What factors affect page load speed on an artist’s website?
Websites for artists tend to be media rich - lots of galleries and images. If poorly designed, a media rich web page (such as a gallery or home page slider) can take a long time to download which will discourage your visitors from browsing your website. Worse still,...
Website for an oil painter
Recently, we were asked to design a website for an artist who specialises in painting portraits in oils on fine canvases. Just starting out, the artist only had a small portfolio of work, so a simple 'entry level' site suited his needs very well - a home page, two...
Why can’t I see the most recent version of my website?
A common problem when we ask you to review a link to a development website is that you can't see the changes we have made on a web page. We have definitely make the changes, so what's going on? Computers save web pages to speed up browsing In most cases, the problem...
Website for a sculptor
We were recently asked to create a website for a sculptor. Sculptural work can present a challenge for traditional lightbox galleries because ideally the thumbnail needs to show the complete sculpture. If the images to be shown are a mixture of portrait images, this...
A website re-design for an artist
We have just re-designed a website for a textile artist. Her old site was created in HTML over seven years ago. Technology has moved on since then. All new sites need to be mobile responsive so that they display optimally on mobile devices such as phone and tablets,...