Update: www.Art74.co.uk - Webdesign for Painting Portfolio Gallery

www.Art74.co.uk - Painting Portfolio Gallery is a recent site started late 2006 and has two core purposes for the client.

• Firstly, to act as a permanent portfolio to showcase the best of their paintings and design work to prospective employees and;
  
• Secondly, as an online gallery & shop, allowing visitors & Art fans to browse the paintings and even make payments through the websites shop (using a secure paypal payment system).

Further more, the client was keen on creating a forum where other artists may communicate techniques and critiques of works, or alternatively for just general discussion. Alongside this, a feedback page was created, so visitors may read opinions on the clients paintings and designs from others.

The client wanted their site to contain some flash animation, that would help the site stand out from other art portfolio sites. As flash is not helpful in getting high rankings with search engines, it was decided only a mini-bio would be contained within.