For this design, I was going for one thing: simple. Something just doesn't feel right with it, though and I can't put my finger on it. Anyway, have at it: www.emilyroeartist.com
Made a few changes. Moved the nav to the top, and axed the footer. The colored links seemed out of place, and I think it feels a bit more open without it.
I have to post an image, because the changes aren't live yet.
I second ReverseEngineers comment about the white bg. It is...distracting the way the bg blends into the picture. I viewed it in Firefox and the text is not centered on the top or bottom in my browser. Again, that may be FF doing it.