# Artist Portfolio Website A custom Wagtail portfolio for artist Elyse Derricott, showcasing almost 90 commissioned works across six traditional mediums. Client: Ely Arts Arts & Culture Website ### Ely Arts #### A gallery that does the work justice - 89 works across six mediums - Django, Wagtail and Cloudflare - Old links redirected - Launched September 2026 Ely Arts is the studio of [artist](https://redcrowdigital.com.au/services/arts/) Elyse Derricott, who creates commissioned pet portraits, portraits and characters in everything from grey lead and coloured pencil to watercolour, acrylic and pastel. Red Crow Digital designed and built her new portfolio website. Challenge ## A template that held the work back Ely's work sat on a template website builder that didn't show it at its best and was awkward to organise as the portfolio grew. Ely needed a gallery as considered as the art itself - sortable by medium, simple to update, and built to turn browsing into commission enquiries. Solution ## A gallery built around the art - A bespoke design, with a live options panel so Ely could compare variations and choose the look - An editable gallery where each artwork is tagged by medium and ordered by hand, with images pre-sized so the gallery loads quickly - A home page hero where the artwork cycles through, with small personal touches such as a cat cameo - A commission enquiry form that captures the brief - commission or existing piece, subject and medium - and sends a branded email Ely can reply to directly - SEO optimised, with structured data and social sharing cards, so it's easy to find through Google View full page Home page View full page Gallery, filterable by medium Results ## A portfolio Ely updates herself - Ely adds and reorders her work herself, without a developer - A clear path from browsing to commissioning Take a look at Ely's work for yourself at [elyarts.com](https://elyarts.com).