Charcoal artist · Eastern Oregon

Brett Parker

A gallery website for a charcoal artist, with every piece cataloged, shop links to Etsy and a simple way to ask about a commission.

Brett Parker website

The challenge

The artist’s originals are one of a kind, so selling them in two places at once could mean selling the same piece twice. He needed a home for his work that kept his catalog accurate and his personal email private, without asking him to manage a website.

What we built

1.

A portfolio gallery

Each drawing has its own page with its catalog number, title, medium, size and availability, taken from the artist’s own spreadsheet. The home page shows his newest pieces first.

2.

Etsy stays the one shop

The shop page links to his Etsy listings instead of taking payment itself. Inventory lives in one place, so an original cannot sell twice.

3.

Commission requests

A request form sends commission inquiries to the artist’s inbox through his own sending domain. The site shows only a public address on his domain, and his personal email stays off the page.

4.

An upload pipeline for new work, in progress

We’re setting up a pipeline that takes a scan of a new drawing, makes web-ready images, adds it to the catalog and updates the site. The goal is that the artist’s whole job is dropping a file in a shared folder.

5.

His domain and email, set up

We connected his domain and set up free email forwarding, so his public address reaches his existing inbox.

Scope of work

  • Portfolio gallery website
  • Etsy-linked shop for originals & prints
  • Commission inquiries
  • Catalog with medium, size & availability

Let’s talk about your business.

On your 20-minute call, we’ll look at how customers find you today and map out what we’ll fix first. No pitch deck.

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