![]() ![]() In addition, Portfolio handles all of your images as custom post types (in WordPress speak, this is the idea way to handle it). Portfolio – Want a plain white theme with very little distraction? Portfolio does a beautiful job of showing your work. You can see here a video embedded in the home page slide show. In addition, there’s a multi-column gallery layout that’s built into the theme, as well as a slideshow on the home page. Helium – If you want your look to have that modern, technology feel, Helium is great for that out of the box. There’s a slide show built into the theme as well. It’s built for photographers, but you can definitely use it for your art. Photocraft – this is great theme for those who do works in series or who have strong themes to their work. I’ve seen some politically charged artists with a message use this theme to great effect. The Style – A little bit different, but great for artists who are a little bit different. Her site is built on the Deep Focus theme, and I love it! It does a great job of organizing her work into easy to navigate categories. Get Striking here.*ĭeep Focus – Kelli Bickman is a mural painter that I’ve followed for some time. It’s loaded with features, included a spinning and sliding header, a bunch of fonts, and short codes for all sorts of fun tricks. Striking – One of my favorite new artists, Michael Whitlark, uses this theme. Also, the portfolios and media handling are well thought out and relatively easy to understand. ![]() The following are themes that I have played with, or that other artists I know and trust have used with success.ĭivi by Elegant Themes is a great fit for artists because it’s a theme specifically designed to make working in WordPress easier. I’ve played with a lot of premium themes. Ecommerce integration hooks, easier setup, better code, or some other feature. Workaholic – another Graphpaper Press theme for free! This one focuses on a message at the top, integration of social media, and the gallery on the home page. Here’s a rendition that I did, using Leonardo DaVinci’s work. Get f8 Static here.įullscreen – A non-traditional site great for artists who want to make a big impact with their work right off of the bat. Get WPfolio 2.0 here.į8 Static – a free theme by GraphPaper Press a huge image at the top with a gallery further down the home page. This theme comes closest to ‘traditional’ artist websites. WPFolio – is simple, sleek, and easy to use. I finally sat down and assembled a list of some of the best themes that you can install on WordPress. We even do pre-installed WordPress websites for artists. A handful of artists keep asking me to share my list of WordPress themes that work well for artists. I’ve talked a LOT about using WordPress for your artist website. ![]()
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