Ed Algra, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1930, now living near Rotterdam. My education was a technical one, I came by accident to artistry, although I always had much interest in art, photography and music.Â
I’m a retired chemical engineer, worked at a research institute on mechanical properties of plastics and composite materials. I heard of fractals for the first time in the late eighties, and then read the well known books of Prof. Hans Lauwerier and other authors on this subject. At that time I also attended a Fractal symposium at the Technical University Delft, where Benoît Mandelbrot and some other prominent authors revealed the secrets of this new mathematical world. The pictures they showed made an overwhelming impression. Years after that, after my retirement and the connection to the web in 2005, I discovered what had happened in the meantime, the birth of a new kind of art, based on fractal concepts. Then it became a creative hobby for me. Both the mathematical and the artistic side of it have my interest.  Especially Ultra Fractal offers the possibility to write your own fractal math codes, and I love it to do so. I started Renderosity uploading on instigation of Arend Nijdam, aka “Fractelaar†in September 2005.
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Comments (12)
Fractelaar
Beautiful spiral Ed special the big focus part is amazing from form like also the color setting
Dindin
Like your spiral Ed and the perfect render and colors ,Im sure that Bill Evans will be happy that you remembered him .
miwi
Beautiful spiral image,klasse colours and design !!!!!
CarolSassy
Simply gorgeous! Love the red leafs and other wonderful details. Great lighting! V (:
fractalinda
I love your color mixes! Crisp, dynamic and beautiful. Excellent fractal art!
maud
Interesting spiral and beautiful mixed colors! Excellently done :)
VDH Online Now!
Mooie spiraal fractal!De kleurschakeringen, het belichtingseffect en rendering zijn uitstekend!Prima werk Ed!
Henny31
erg mooi.. ditto Arend.. the parfile ken ik en heb er een tijd mee gespeeld.. heb er ook iets moois van gemaakt.. zal het je sturen als je wilt of post het hier een van deze dagen..
Rykk
Excellent fractal spiral! I especially like the contrast/counterpoint of the red parts. Creative touch!
undisclosed-designer
oh wow, prachtig zeg Ed ... wondervol design =D
fractalchemist
I am sure Bill would have loved the purity, and the ever so slight dissonances of this spiral!
live2
This is beautiful and such lovely colors!! Excellent artwork!!!