Sam Birchman: Paintings
April 2009
Web Design
I designed this website as an online portfolio for Seattle-based fine artist Sam Birchman. The intensity of imagery, mood and color in Sam’s work demanded a reserved approach the site’s design, but rather than a strictly minimal slate, I opted for an expressive typography to complement the work. I believe the traditional aspect of layout and type style lend a sense of maturity and dignity to the work that a modern or contemporary style could not.
The site was coded by hand in W3C Valid XHTML and CSS. It is built on WordPress with the wonderful jQuery plugin, Galleria, for an image gallery, and an email contact form using perl. All typographic effects (drop caps, etc.) are achieved in CSS.
