Carly Ashdown

Carly’s earliest memories are of picking up a pencil and drawing pictures of people. She spent countless hours concocting stories in her mind, illustrating them and bringing them to life through her original sketches.

Despite a flourishing career in television, in organisations such as the BBC and Channel 4, eventually Carly’s instinct to draw and paint deposed her previous career path, when she began to hone her skills.

Carly delights in her style of painting; creating the illusionary quality of movement. Her thought-provoking art draws upon the experience of being human. With inspirations including artists like Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko, she explores the fragility of life and emotions through her expressive paintings.

Describing her approach as “a conversation between myself and the emerging painting”, the artist creates a basic outline before building colours and responding to the way the paint lands on the canvas.

“The layering of words concealed in many of my artworks hide a secret message to be uncovered by the viewer”, as Carly explains.

“I write mainly about the challenges and joys of being human, and the sense of possibility, strength and belonging. I wait for the right moment, and then I write whatever comes to me. It’s incredibly fast and very alive – like pure energy as the sentences hit the canvas.”

Above all, here is an artist whose aim is to create beautiful pieces which are expressive, dynamic and vibrant; paintings that are a celebration of the human form and the beauty of movement and - most importantly - a celebration of life.

Carly Ashdown

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Carly Ashdown - 'The Lake' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Fear Nothing' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'The Battle' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Swing' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'No Mercy' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Phoenix' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Twilight' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'The Moment' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Sunrise II' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Quiet Song' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Midnight Blues' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Lightning' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Fire II' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Back From Mars' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Outskirts Of Reality' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Into The Sky' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Born To Run' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Phoenix' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'No Mercy' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Sunrise' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Wild Winds' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'The River' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Outskirts Of Reality' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Dreaming' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'The Messenger' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Stare' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Back From Mars' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Say Nothing' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Quiet Song' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Fire II' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Sunrise II' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Twilight' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'The Moment' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Thunder' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Dreaming' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Outskirts Of Reality' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Turning To Dust' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Wild Winds' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'The River' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Sunrise' - Limited Edition & Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Courage' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'We Could Be Heroes' - Limited Edition

Carly Ashdown - 'Turning Tides' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'A Child's Laugh' - Original

Carly Ashdown - 'Playing with the River' - Original