If you work in the Arts, you need online presence
Your own website can show your work as you would like it to be seen. You can share your story. You can sell your work directly to the public
It's your own bit of the internet
There are some great free services that will use AI to make you a nice-looking website. But, they are services. They charge you on an ongoing basis, especially when you want to grow.
If I make a website for you, you own it outright
Tell me what you want your website to be, and I'll tell you what I'd ask for that
It will be low, because I like to make websites for people doing interesting things