Welcome to Carly Champion Fine Art 
& Flourish Art Psychotherapy 
 

Hi I'm Carly  

 

I am a Welsh Artist living in South Wales and a registered Art Psychotherapist. I am also a proud mother to a beautiful Daughter and a Sprocker Spaniel. I live in a little pink house on the hill where I have a small studio space full of paints and chaos.  On every wall hangs a timeline of creativity that makes my house a home filled with love, reflection and weird, wonderful natural objects.  

 

I found my love for creativity when I was very little. I never was a social butterfly and struggled to socialize and interact with others. I was only ever happy in my own space creating, spending time with animals, or in the woods in my treehouse. I never truly felt a sense of belonging anywhere and always felt very different to others. At the age of 29 I was diagnosed with Aspergers which is now known as Autism. Suddenly the puzzles pieces fit together, and life makes a lot more sense. A superpower that isn't always easy, but I am grateful that my brain thinks differently. I have built a toolkit of resources over the years to help me navigate the world and art making is my first go too alongside being by the coast and in nature. 

 

I enjoy the outdoors and would spend hours in the garden and in nature looking at the small details. I started to create art using mixed media in primary school and carried on creating right through secondary school. The whole process of combining colors and trying new ways of creating excited me and felt like my only way to truly express myself in my most naturally fluent and comfortable way.   

 

I am now a registered Art Psychotherapist after completing an undergraduate degree in Community Health followed by three years master's degree in art Psychotherapy. I have spent 17 years working in mental Health services across the lifespan, there is always something new to learn and I am continuously developing. 

 

I am currently working with children and adolescents. My specialist interest and current experience is within Neurodiversity and Trauma. 

 

 For me continuing to pursue my passion for sharing with the world my creativity alongside clinical practice is super important to me, I live and breathe creativity and when I'm not being a therapist, I'm at home being a mum and an artist. 

 

My work focuses on human experience, emotion and the natural world. Places that I will go and sit with my sketchbook for hours taking in the details and the sounds around me.   

I capture these moments back in the studio on my easel creating calming and inviting works of art that aim to entice the audience into the many layers that make up the finished piece.  

 

The work aims to evoke emotions and feelings of reflection and calmness.   

I feel having pieces of art in your environment that bring that sense of calmness allows a moment for pause when life gets so busy.   

 

I hope to be able to undertake more exhibitions and present my work in galleries across the UK alongside helping others through my professional practice as an Art Psychotherapist. 

 

 I also aim to raise more awareness of Neurodiversity not only as an Allied Health Professional but as a Neurodiverse woman.  

 

Thank you for reading and taking an interest in my work. It means so much to me to have your support and consideration for collecting my pieces of work.   

  

Carly x