Let’s Get Acquainted
Meet Chrissy Foreman. Intuitive Artist & Art Therapist
Hi I’m Chrissy 🌿
I’m a neurodivergent artist with AuDHD, passionate about working with sensitive kids, women and LQBTQIA+ folk, to share creative strategies for wellbeing, via intuitive art therapy.
I weave together 25 years as a professional artist & educator, alongside art therapy qualifications and sustainability within my personal arts practice.
Feel free to browse below and learn more about how we can connect. I’d love to work with you ✌️
@ ARTUITION Studio. Clontarf, QLD, 4019
Felt-Sense Meets Imagination
ARTUITION Intuitive Art Therapy offers a unique approach to creativity and wellbeing, focussing on naturally arising felt-sense and imaginative imagery, alongside process-inspired explorations with art mediums.
Rather than a paint by numbers approach, we allow ideas, feelings, art and conversations to arise and ‘match’ these experiences with resonant art materials that feel right for us, thus highlighting our internal capacity and strengths.
I prioritise intuitive attunement to you/your child’s art-making, to identify and assist with emotional regulation awareness and personalised tools.
Artuition Studio
ARTUITION Private Art Studio is based in Clontarf, Queensland, AU, on beautiful Gubbi Gubbi / Ningy Ningy Country.
Here, neurodivergent people of all ages can experience nourishing, therapeutic art sessions infused with drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, nature and intuitive art in a safe, supportive and inspiring environment.
The ARTUITION Studio is also the home and working studio of my intuitive art! If you’re in the Brisbane North area and would like to book a private studio visit, click below to organise a personalised tour.
Studio address is given upon booking.
Browse Chrissy’s Intuitive Art
Feast Your Eyes + Spirit
Public Art & Events
Connect Within
My Creative Story
How I came to be an Artist
I have loved creating as long as I can remember. As a highly sensitive, creative child with anxiety, engaging with drawing, painting, writing and dancing always felt cathartic to me.
I dreamed of continuing art after high-school, but followed encouragement for a ‘real’ job in education. However my love for creativity never waned and I passionately pursued my art career from my early 20’s.
Since then my studies in visual art, art therapy and education have all fed into my creative offerings.
At 42 I was diagnosed with ADHD. Finally my sensitivities, insatiable creativity and intuitive, felt-sense processing began to make sense. I could finally begin to thrive, with better understanding of my unique, creative brain and nervous system.
That’s why I’m especially empathetic and passionate about engaging creativity as a tool for emotional regulation with children, women and my fellow neurodiverse and LGBTQIA+ communities.
Feel free to reach out if you’d like to connect.
Creativity in my Community
Community Art Projects
Over the last 20 + years I’ve facilitated many community art projects, murals and exhibitions, as an inspiring tool to educate, celebrate diversity and develop creative, community capacity.
I work with schools, early childhood services, art galleries, government sectors, environmental organisations, disability services, corporate clients and at festivals and events within South East Queensland and abroad.
3 fun facts about me …
🌿 1. I have a large family of house plant friends living with me - 100+ and counting!
🌳 2. I talk to plants, trees flowers, animals and even the Earth as if they are beautiful living beings.
☕️ 3. My new favourite teas are jasmine and pear, and banana bread tea from T2 🤤
Let’s Tread Lightly on Mother Earth
Sustainable Creativity, 101
- Artuition is a member of Bush Heritage Australia, which buys and manages land to regenerate Australian landscapes, in partnership with Indigenous Australians and agricultural sectors
- I use natural materials that are sustainably sourced/hand collected (including handmade earth paints and eco-prints) alongside art materials with proven, low-toxicity safety certification
- My art prints and card decks are are printed locally within Australia on the highest quality eco-friendly materials
- Packaging is Australian-sourced, recycled and reusable wherever possible
- I regularly volunteer to collect litter from my local creeks and bushland, contributing to change in our own backyard
My Art classes: fine print
My role as therapeutic artist is to share nourishing, artistic techniques and practices that compliment your existing health and wellbeing strategies.
After spending my adult years studying art, education and art therapy, I have developed inspiring ways to help people of all ages experience the innate wellbeing benefits of intuitive art and therapeutic creativity, via pro-active wellness strategies and gentle presence.
However my sessions are not clinical art therapy sessions, meaning I do not offer crisis support for acute mental, physical or emotional health conditions.
Furthermore, ARTUITION art therapy sessions and group classes do not replace qualified medical advice.
If you/your child have any existing mental, physical or emotional health conditions where inner body work could be triggering, please be discerning as to whether these offerings are right for you or your family at this time.
If you are unsure, please connect with your health practitioner for advice or drop me a line to check in.
Our safety, synergy and self-care is paramount.
