Artwell was a member of the Reading academy before spells at Hayes & Yeading United, Burnham and Beaconsfield SYCOB.
Before moving to non-League football, he won several caps for England Schoolboys, helping them to the 2011/12 Centenary Shield title, earning him a trial at Manchester United.
A very quick and athletic winger, he signed for Basingstoke in 2016 and h=in his first season, played thirty-two times, scoring 7 goals.