www.artistfrench.com

[philip]

www.artistfrench.com has just logged on to powweb, appreciate any feedback??? philip 23.2.02

[muijefr]

Very interesting. It appears that you have two items for sale, a water color, and a horse sculpture. Unless your aim is to promote inquiry I'd suggest more product offerings and make the inquiry point more obvious. I also think you might offer other artists for commission or fee.

The exterior of your bricks and mortar gallery adds a lot of interest for me. I think more would be better. Show me where you work and stuff in your shop (or is it a gallery only).

The brown "wood" work is initially impressive but might be much more interesting if it were brown glass - much like the layered look you have in front of your gallery photo. It gets to be a bit much to me.

[philip]

muijefr
Thankyou for your kind words. Just to try to answer some of your questions.
There are 32 paintings at present on site, there is a problem with the other sculpture pieces, this should be sorted soon.
The gallery is set up to promote our work only. We do not wish to be dealers.
The building is used as a gallery only in the heart of Kinsale. Co Cork Ireland. Our studios are somewhere else, however not very interesting, just barn sheds.
The brown wood surround is a matter of taste, my web designer picked it because he liked it.
Again thanks for your interest.
All the best
Philip French

[muijefr]

A last word. The tech-no stuff on your initial page is a big negative to entering. You might suggest your site is "best viewed as" but all that other stuff will not sell your site at all (clue: most surfers know what browser they are using, etc.)

I could not find your viewing gallery, picture and statue, on my second visit but the text windows you are/were using is not in keeping with your other site presentation schemes. You might also consider a more attractive presentation text.
It is not at all apparent the works that are presented in sequence on your second home page are for sale and they were not referenced on your sales page. You might also mention the name of the bank or financial institution you are doing business with. Giving your visa/master card/etc. card number out to just anyone is not a good thing in the U.S.

Everything on your site is left justified which strongly suggest your site index might best reside on the right side of the page. Especially on your first presentation page.

Remember, someone else's "barn sheds" are another man's castle.

[philip]

muijefr
Thankyou for your email . I will take your points on board. It will take me a while to act on them, my web designer is in hospital at moment.
Again many thanks for your help!
All the Best
Philip

[blurchy]

hi

i liked your site and the wood suits a gallery type website

the first enter page though doesnt do the rest of the site justice

it simply doesnt fit id scrap the enter page they are old hat

ive found that to my loss when ive been looking at stats

people see an enter page and leave in droves

they serve no purpose when somone enters your site you want

them to see what youre about immediately

the second page you come to would be a much better choice

i really liked the way the pics changed cool

my enter page doesnt look as good as the rest of the site

either but now my sites indexed in google its too late to get rid

of it take a look and youll see my second page looks way better

than the first

blurchy

http://www.geocities.com/neutron_x2001/

[philip]

Dear Blurchy
Thanks for feedback, Other people have been against the enter page. Thankyou for your kind words.
Your site looks good and colourful, however I'm a bit ignorant with chat sites I never understand the lingo, a whole new language has to be invented for it.
Thanks again for your interest.
All the best
Philip