Canvas — The Local Shift Project

For artists

A home for your full body of work — built to impress collectors, galleries, and collaborators.

For families

Memorial art portfolios that keep a loved one's name alive and their legacy visible.

For enterprises

Social enterprises that sell art with purpose — gallery front-end, mission built in.

What Canvas is

A gallery site that works as hard as the work itself.

Most portfolio sites look like templates. Canvas doesn't. Each site is built from the ground up around the work — its subject, its story, its audience. The result feels like a destination, not a placeholder.

Canvas is offered through The Local Shift Project, a community-focused AI consulting practice on California's Central Coast. Every project is built with care, built to last, and built to move people.

Custom design, not a theme

Every Canvas site is designed specifically for the work it houses. No templates. No drag-and-drop compromises. A visual identity built around the art.

Your story, written well

Copy that introduces the artist, the mission, and the work without sounding like a bio section. Words are design material here too.

Sell, commission, or donate

Built-in paths for purchase inquiries, commission requests, and donation flows — depending on what the work calls for.

Mobile and gallery-ready

Looks right on a phone in a collector's hand and on a screen behind a gallery desk. Built responsive from the start.

Who Canvas is for

Three kinds of clients. One kind of care.

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Working artists

You have a body of work and nowhere to put it that does it justice. Canvas gives your portfolio a home that looks like it belongs in a gallery — because it does.

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Families & foundations

Art created in memory of someone you lost. A place where that work lives, where people can find it, and where a loved one's name keeps meaning something.

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Social enterprises

You sell art with a mission behind it. Canvas builds the gallery front-end and the purpose layer together — so buyers know exactly what their purchase does.

Pricing

Three ways in.

Starter

The Template

$150 – $300 · 1-week turnaround

Pre-built Canvas template customized to your work
Your name, dates, color palette, and gallery images
Up to 12 portfolio pieces
Contact / inquiry form
You manage content going forward

Get started

Most requested

The Gallery Site

$600 – $1,200 · 2–3 week turnaround

Custom-designed site built around your specific work
Story written with you — artist statement, mission copy
Unlimited portfolio pieces with hover reveals
Commission inquiry or donation flow
Mobile-optimized and gallery-ready
Domain setup and launch support

Start a project

Full build

The Full Canvas

$1,500 – $3,000 · 4–6 week turnaround

Everything in The Gallery Site
AI-powered features — listing creation, image tagging
E-commerce or donation management integration
Foundation or nonprofit page built in
Ongoing support and annual refresh

Let's talk

How it works

From conversation to launch.

We talk

A short intake conversation about the work, the person, the mission — whatever the site is for. No forms. Just a real conversation.

I design

A site concept built specifically for your work. Palette, layout, copy direction. You see it before a single line of code is written.

We refine

Two rounds of revisions. The site should feel like yours — not mine. We don't stop until it does.

You launch

The site goes live on your domain. I walk you through it and hand it over. You're not on your own after launch.

Ready to give the work a home it deserves?

Every Canvas project starts with a conversation. Tell me about the work — who made it, what it means, who needs to see it. We'll figure out the rest together.

Start the conversation About Local Shift

Your work.Gallery-ready.

A gallery site that works as hard as the work itself.

Three kinds of clients. One kind of care.

Three ways in.

From conversation to launch.

Ready to give the work a home it deserves?

Your work.
Gallery-ready.