I love the controllability of this program which allows for such a wide variations of artistic style. Although I am not a professional artist by any means, I was fortunate enough to have had a solo exhibition of my work sponsored by Kent County Council in 2006. The exhibition was combined with an educative element within several Kent schools in the form of small group workshops, which the children enjoyed and were fun to do. I also curated, with the internationally renowned fractal artist, Janet Parke, a group exhibition at the Nature in Art Museum in Tewkesbury in 2007, in which several of each of our own artworks were exhibited. Over the years a few of my works have been successful in several international fractal art competitions, including the 2006 ICM Benoit Mandelbrot Contest, with ‘Eifiona’. I feel honoured to have a photo of Benoit Mandelbrot himself viewing the print at the exhibition! I have also had my art published in several magazines, books and calendars, including the Fractal Universe Calendars, which I edited for a few years with my friend and fellow artist, Linda Allison.

Fifteen years on I am still as passionate about this fascinating form of visual art as ever, and am continuing to learn new methods and develop techniques to suit my own particular style, although am badly in need of some upgraded hardware to keep pace with increasing sophistication of the software! My current work is exhibited and available for purchase on Deviantart, as well as on my own website, aartika! Fractal art. I hope you enjoy this small selection of my work. I have tried to include some quite different styles to demonstrate the diversity of the art that can be created using Ultra Fractal. Thank you to Frederik for showcasing it here!