Not a bad looking site for someone starting out. I would maybe put your welcome message above your links instead of visa-versa like you have it now.
You want to lead people into the action you want them to take. If you goal is to have a visitor click on one of your galleries then you should transition from your logo into your welcome message eplaining quickly what you are all about and then transition into your links.
Personally I'm a very shallow person and hate reading, especially when all of the words look the same like you have in your links section. I would highlight each catagory with a thumbnail example of one of the pictures in that catagory, this way I'm more interested in checking that gallery out.
Personally I would also do away with the guest book, directing someone into a guest book takes away from your goal of having the visitor look at your artwork. If you want to chat and meet people you could spend your time better in yahoo chat or myspace. Make things as simple as possible with the least amount of pointless distractions, you almost have to think of internet surfers as 3 year old children with very limited attention spans. If you want a visitor to do something use small words and the least amount of words as possible, as straight to the point as possible.
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