Do I want a Website or a Blog?

Okay, I have been going over this dilemma for awhile now and decided to poll the community. I am a visual artist and I want to get my work on the web (finally). I'm sort of bored of artists' websites and thought I could go with a blog where I would post new work and it would be archived, and as well I could post news and other things in a more dynamic way then a website. I am looking for opinions from those more computer savvy then I. I imagine I would have to get a non-free blog so that I had enough webspace to post high quality digital photographs/videos. also, if anyone has a suggestion of a company that would be good, let me know.