Thursday 16 October 2008

press release


Venture was an affair of the ‘art’

5:10pm Tuesday 14th October 2008

By Sally Clifford »

Most people reach a stage or age where they re-evaluate their lives.

Turning 30 was Lindsey Hill-Mawson’s memorable turning point – in more ways than one. “I had a bit of a mid-life crisis!” she says.

The graphic designer was working for an advertising agency before launching Apperley Design eight years ago. She’d worked freelance between leaving the agency and setting up her business to build her contacts.

She has always liked art. “I love art... it gives you a certain feeling. Some colours put you in different moods,” says Lindsey.

Designing websites for customers gave Lindsey the idea to launch what she believes is a unique enterprise, selling ‘eye candy for walls and windows’ online.

“I was looking for some art for my own house and I couldn’t find anything I really liked,” she recalls.

Lindsey had done some of her own illustrations on the computer. The first few designs she did gave her the idea for ‘eye candy for walls’, the strapline she uses to promote her enterprise.

Artylicious is an online art boutique allowing customers to choose various designs from the website, following such themes as abstract art, landscapes, even graffiti which can be printed on canvas or roller blinds.

By supplying a photograph, customers can also personalise their purchase. Photographs on canvas enable customers to bring life to their walls and blinds. Baby images are particularly popular for nursery blinds. When we spoke she was eagerly anticipating the appearance of one of her printed roller blinds on a TV makeover show.

Lindsey says: “The canvases are a wonderful way to liven up a room, whether they entail a funky design or something more personalised with keepsake value. They are designed and hand-made to perfection and add that little bit of quirkiness to home decor.”

Keeping it in the family, Lindsey runs Artylicious with her husband, Adam, also a graphic designer. Landscapes and abstracts adorn their walls but the most precious images are those of their baby son Harvey.

“The photograph on canvas product is one I am especially fond of; mainly because I have a picture of my little boy Harvey spread across three canvases in his nursery, adding a real personal touch to the room. I would encourage all mums to opt for this keepsake canvas as a stylish way to adorn nursery walls.”

She is looking to mount images on deckchairs, while original art collections are also available of established local artists such as Mark Yates and Lisa Vallo.

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Art can be anything. Art is anything that is pleasing to the eye,” says Lindsey.

To find out about Artylicious visit www.artylicious.co.uk or call (01943) 884177.

Monday 8 September 2008

New gallery shop open






















We are proud to be the suppliers of a new canvas gallery shop open in the Frenchgate centre in Doncaster. The gallery features some of Artylicious best selling canvas art like Audrey Hepburn, Sunsets, Graffiti and Flowers.

Saturday 16 August 2008

More Pop Art Designs


We have 2 new artists added to Artylicious this month, welcome to Steven Leonard who has a fantastic range of pop art canvases to choose from including Ricky Hatton, Arctic Monkeys, Amy Winehouse and Kurt Cobain.

See some of Stevens Pop art here:


Teresa Winston is also selling her artwork on Artylicious in her unique style of oil painting effect pop art such as Marilyn Munroe and Jimmi Hendrix.

See Teresas work here

Saturday 19 July 2008

Printed Deckchairs


Impress your summer party guests with these fantastic printed deckchairs.
You can choose any of our images from the Artylicious website to be printed full colour on seaside style deckchairs, choose from Pop Art, Sunsets, Flowers, Abstract or Worldwide landmarks like the Empire State Building, the choice is yours!
For more information on costs, view the printed deckchairs page here

New Retro Canvas Art range



Artylicious are proud to announce the addition of an exciting new canvas art range to the website. Its called 'Retro' and is produced by London designer, Vincent Fraser.

In his own unique style, Vincent has captured the feel of the 70's disco and digitally created these fantastic pieces of artwork featuring disco divas and dudes from the 70's with a modern twist.

To see more of Vincents work on Artylicious view the full range of Retro Art here

Tuesday 10 June 2008

Congratulations!


Congratulations to directors Lindsey Hill and Adam Mawson wh0 tied the knot in Sorrento, Italy on 29th May. No doubt there will be some beautiful photo canvases on the walls before long!

Friday 25 April 2008

New Pop Art Artist Mark Yates



Artylicious is pleased to announce that we are now selling prints by the artist Mark Yates.

Bradford born artist Mark Yates trained as a graphic designer and went on to begin a career in sign writing and graphic art. He designed album sleeves for his own rock band Terrorvision in which he is the guitarist and co-songwriter.

Thursday 3 April 2008

Company News


We have invested in our canvas printing machinery so we now print all our canvases inhouse. The benefit to you? We've made our prices cheaper! The quality is the same, if not better than before, but our products are more affordable to you.

We have also increased our ranges with some fantastic new images like this one, a tribute to one of my favourite films, Dirty Dancing!

Saturday 1 March 2008

SALE now on!


We are having a spring clearnace sale to get rid of our gallery samples to amke space for new ones. Grab yourselves a bargain now from £40 at Artylicious Canvas Art Sale

Wednesday 27 February 2008

Artylicious hit by earthquake!

Well not as dramatic as it sounds but we certainly felt it!

We were woken up at 1am by the wardrobes rattling and the whole room shaking, a very surreal experience I wont forget. It was a very windy night so I thought it may be a mini tornado, but no car or house alarms were going off which I thought was strange. The other possibility was my first thought of a poltergeist as the wardobes rattled for about 30 seconds. Luckily my 15 month old son slept through it all, he was sound asleep, which was more than I was for the rest of the night!