# Artist Website Design: A Modern Portfolio for the Working Artist The studio is for the work. The website is for everything around it. Inquiries from galleries. Sales of originals and editions. Press, residencies, grant applications. A working artist's website in 2026 is part archive, part shop, part calling card, designed with restraint so the work always leads. ## A Site That Frames the Work The best artist sites are quiet. Full-bleed image-led layouts, generous negative space, type that does not compete with the painting. Each work has its own page with title, medium, dimensions, year, and a single paragraph of context. Collectors making serious purchases want documentation, not promotion. ## Selling Originals, Editions, and Prints Artists who want to sell direct need a small but proper commerce layer. Stripe checkout for originals, a print-on-demand integration (Giclée Print, Pictorem, or fulfilled in-studio) for editions, secure payments, and a clean post-purchase confirmation. We build this in without making the site feel like a store. ## The Pages a Serious Artist Needs Works (gallery, by series or chronology), Available (current originals and editions for sale), CV (exhibitions, residencies, press, grants), About (with image and statement), Press (publications, interviews, downloadable hi-res images), and Contact. Plus a private gallery page link you can share with galleries and collectors. ## SEO Without Compromise Artists worry SEO will cheapen the site. It does not. We wire schema, alt text on every image (also accessibility-critical), structured metadata on works, and local SEO if you sell from a city or studio location. The portfolio reads as quietly as ever, while Google sees a well-structured site. /web-design · /pricing · /start?mode=artistic · /maintenance · /artistic/portfolio Let your work be the headline. We will build the site around it. **[Begin My Artist Site →](/start?mode=artistic)**