Mike Fullarton

I'm a contemporary abstract painter from Dundee, Scotland. I now live and work in Kraków, Poland. I graduated with BA (hons) in Drawing and Painting from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee before spending the following few years in an independent artists' studio, producing paintings for galleries in Scotland and England. I then moved to Kraków, Poland, where I had my second solo show earlier this year as well as recently participating in an emerging artists group exhibition in London. As an abstract artist, I simply paint things that I like, things that affect me emotionally and to hopefully prompt a reaction in the viewer. Over the last couple of years I've been working on a couple of themes. Firstly, with fractals - detailed patterns which repeat themselves, organic forms and self-similar arrangements at increasingly smaller scales. The pixelated markings also suggest a ‘magic eye’ effect, drawing the viewer in to look for a possible image in the apparent chaos. And more recently I've been combing those ideas with maps - an exploration into the various transport routes of modern cities around the world and the patterns and interpretations which can emerge from their fragmentation and abstraction. Taking a bird’s eye view, the aim is not to produce an exact map-like replica but rather to capture the mood, characteristics, movement, transition and vibrancy of each location.