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 (14)
eras50
I love the colours here, they are so delicate and evocative. A lovely spring composition.
mountmous
I like the almost-symmetry at the bottom. Lovely work. Everything has started to bloom :-)
grind
Beautiful work. Great colours for a wonderful image!
renderix
super cool fff design and face in it:-)
rocserum
dank zij die regen gisteren, springt de natuur nu uit zijn vel! wonderful image! RS
zzzzra
Splendid fractal, the emboss effect adds a lot to the image.
kansas
Wonderful springtime fractal.
Fractelaar
Heel mooi Ed speciaal het onderste gedeelte Zou geen gek idee zijn daar een aparte schilderijtje van te maken De grote bloem haalt het fijne er wat af in mijn gevoel maar dat is uiteraard pure persoonlijk idee
Dindin
Buitengewoon mooi Ed .Hoop dat het mooie weer aanhoud :)
Rykk
Wonderful colors and floral vibe and I like how it seems painted on wood. Fairly Fine FE Fractalin'!
Henny31
Yes I agree with Rykk that it looks like painted on wood but do not agree that it is an Fe image.. I know too well the difference since I have been addicted to FFF because of you...I also agree with Arend that the big flower dominates... I would try to crop it so it only shows the lower 4 petals. but like Arend said.. each his own...."smaken verschillen" Wonderful image!
lgmac
This is gorgeous. Wonderful colors and textures. It really does look like a painting.
VDH
Prachtig design en frisse kleuren! Heel mooie texture!! Prachtig Ed en mijn "steun"!
soepie17
Alsof het in hout gegraveerd is en daarna geschilderd, erg mooi!!