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 (11)
Fractelaar
Thanks you very much for the gift Ed Its a wonderful floral composition and you know how much i like fractal flowers Real fine job
VDH
Dit is inderdaad van je mooiste fractals Ed! Uitstekend in alle aspecten. Geen wonder dat je Hollandse vriend en blij mee is!
fractalchemist
Heel mooi Ed, mooi effect die layers gecombineerd:-)
miwi
Excellent done!!!!
mountmous
What a beautiful tribute to Arend. Heel mooi werk, Ed.
renderix
wonderful fff fractal dedikation for arend the fractelaar!!
Henny31
so bly je opload van vandaag te treffen.. Ik krijg maar zo weinig tijd om van alle posted creaties te genieten.. Wat een prachtig stuk werk zeg.. Interesant te vernemen dat het verschillende lagen zijn. Prachtige kleuren palette. Arend will be very happy with this present.
fractalinda
A wonderful tribute to Arend..and a fantastic design and image. Beautiful and excellent artwork, Ed!
leonie
Wow Ed, this is truly royal looking fractal. I love it!
Dindin
A beautiful and rich fractal ,I`m sure Arend will love it .
tresamie
Lovely! Beautiful softness and coloring :)