(CNN) -- Is there no end to Marion Bartoli's talents? She is a grand slam tennis winner, but she has a prodigious intellect and is also an adept artist. In the relaxed settings of Claude Monet's garden in Giverny, France, Bartoli reflected on a career that blossomed after years of struggles -- both personal and professional -- opening up about feeling like a "ghost" as a child and her Mission Impossible win at Wimbledon. Monet's garden is one of Bartoli's favorite spots. She often traveled to tennis tournaments around the world with paint brushes and recently graduated from art school in Switzerland with a 90%.
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Marion Bartoli has no plans to return to the tennis tour after retiring in August
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The Wimbledon champion is enjoying life away from the court and devoting more time to art
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Bartoli says scars from childhood drove her even more to become a tennis champion
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Bartoli didn't expect to win Wimbledon since she was ill and in pain the previous week
In 2011, Bartoli's fraught relationship with parents came to a head when she threw them both out of a player's box on a @placeholder side court.