McKee Studios is the online portfolio and gallery of Lary McKee, an extremely talented realist painter living in the Pacific Northwest. Lary specializes in florals and landscapes, concentraing on Irises and other vibrant flowers, as well as Pacific Northwest and Southwest lanscapes. It's almost possible to step inside many of his gorgeous paintings. Unfortunately, the fine detail and amazing craftsmanship just weren't showing through in the studio's previous site design.
Working with the artist, the Web Shorts staff decided that we should give people a closer look at each painting so they can see exactly what they can expect when their print, giclee or original shows up on their doorstep. To that end, each image was scanned it at a high resolution, and then cropped to show 3 detailed shots of each painting on the site. Visitors can then click each thumbnail image and get up close and personal with the artist's amazing Iris florals and desert landscapes.
But McKee Studioes doesn't just ship prints out in a cardboard sleeve. Each print or giclee is custom matted by Lary himself, in your choice of mat colors. To make it easier for his viewers to see what their print will look like in their choice of mat colors, the viewer can choose Preview Mat and select both their inner and outer mat colors to see what the final product will look like.
Web Shorts also integrated a complete shopping cart for McKee Studios, which includes order tracking, sale pricing, discounts, gift certificates and a full email newsletter application to allow McKee Studios to stay in touch with their customers.