Here are some home page ideas to look at. This is all about look/feel at this point. Think about the background, font style, colors and see if anything appeals to you. These are jpegs with no interaction. They are more narrow than they would be when filling a web browser.
Each one uses two images so you see the different feel depending on the background. We can have a different image come up each time a person visits or a slideshow to show the range of Rachel's work or both.
Let me know what you think. What works and what doesn't.