Design Musings

We have recently completed a website for talented Cornish-based artist, Joanna Commings. She approached us as she needed an online presence and a way to showcase her portfolio. I love designing artist's websites, as the idea is to make the design minimal and allow their work to speak for itself. I chose one of her iconic paintings as a banner and used the navigation to create depth, light and shade. Then created a format allowing a large image and thumbnail shot on each page, with a pallet of grays and white to complement Joanna's Cornish art. The home page has an editable section where Joanna can keep people informed about up and coming exhibitions, along with a little information about the artist herself. There is a page focussed on her landscape paintings and a page about her portraits and commissions. We also created an online gallery so that Joanna could upload her paintings herself. This allows her beautiful pictures to be displayed large and to be navigated w...