SummerRomasco.com: New Blog and Website

Dear friends and readers,

I've recently decided to relaunch both my website and blog. From this point on please visit me at my new website (same URL as previously):

www.SummerRomasco.com

and my new blog:
www.SummerRomasco.com/blog

Here's a preview of the new SummerRomasco.com:

The new SummerRomasco.com site and blog (artist's journal)

This change has come after several months of research and testing the various portfolio and blog building sites. In the past I've always used otherpeoplespixels.com which has truly been a great, easy to use, starter portfolio site. I first heard about otherpeoplespixels while considering joining the MFA program at UNC Chapel Hill back in 2010. When I visited the campus, it's what all the graduate students were using at the time. However after nearly three years, I've decided I need a fresh start and a more adaptive template that allows me to better showcase my painting.

In the past I've also used blogger, which again, has been an awesome introduction to the world of blogging, with a clean template and straightforward user interface. While exploring my upgrade options, I tested sites, such as bigblackbag, pixpa, wix, and foliolink, and while bigblackbag came in a close second, I have finally settled on a website builder called squaresapce.com as my new home.

Squarespace.com - home to my new artist site, blog, and soon . . . e-commerce

The Squarespace templates are some of the most dynamic and modern I've come across. I know the term modern is super ambiguous, but honestly, the templates feature horizontal sliders and pictorial navigation that is reminiscent of both uber-designed sites and the ergonomic visual simplicity of the social sites like pinterest and instagram. The most handy part of Squarespace is that with the introduction of the latest edition, Squarespace 6, it has become the all-in-one solution that it promises, an artist portfolio site, blog, and e-commerce outlet all rolled into one.

I'm very excited about the launch of the new site, it's been a lot of work and a long time coming, so please visit me here. Also, at least for the foreseeable future, I intend to continue to update this blog, but please, if you want to learn more, check out the new site!

Sincerely,
Summer Romasco