Artfulness Art Gallery and Cafe, affordable, original, contemporary art for sale
Welcome to the Artfulness Gallery of Contemporary Art. This fabulous city centre art gallery houses a strong range of contemporary paintings by local artists.
Amie Antoniak opened the gallery and cafe in April 2005, with the aim of having somewhere to showcase her own contemporary works of art, but also as a means of supporting local, emerging artists who exhibit alongside her. All the paintings are for sale, are original, yet are highly affordable works of contemporary art.
'The driving aim behind Artfulness was to create a city-centre art gallery that was friendly, approachable and, above all, affordable'.
Amie's latest collection of paintings are all based on her long-held fascination with sky and landscapes, some of which have been painted, quite literally, from new perspectives. An earlier collection involved a plane flight for inspiration and resulted in stunning landscapes painted from above the clouds for which Amie won a highly prestigious Royal Acadamy Landscape competition. The current collection described by Amie as 'unfinished business', is taken from the perspective of a recent ballooon trip over Yorkshire.
Amie says she wants to evoke senses of 'freedom, space and infinity' and certainly suceeds on dramatic large scale canvasses.
Amie's paintings often echo that of artist Debra Stroud, known for her abstract skies. This is unsurprising when you hear Amie describing the ever-changing sky as 'God's own abstract painting'.
Amie's abstract collage paintings are all about experimentation, both with composition of pattern and with the materials used. Amie creates the collages using handmade paper, various types of paint, ink and bleech. Gold, silver and luminous colours are used effectively in her work.
A lot of her recent paintings have depicted an explosive burst of energy
each one involving a variety of colour and texture. Amie says the purpose of these is to make the viewer feel physically energized and wide awake when looking at these paintings. Ironically the whole process of creating these explosions is actually very relaxing and even meditative. Amie says she gets a great deal of satisfaction out of producing such paintings, mainly through the fantastic effects of all the materials mixed together. They are certianly never a chore to do!
Amie is more than happy to discuss being commissioned to do either a landscape or abstract painting.
For a list of all the other artists that Amie represents at the Artfulness gallery go here.
To contact someone at the gallery, please use the contact details below; alternatively, feel free to use the email, and Amie or a colleague will get back to you as soon as they can!
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01904 633316 | ![]() |
8 Goodramgate York YO1 7LQ |
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