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 (13)
Xantipa
Wonderful fractal, excellent work.
CarolSassy
Merry Christmas to you! Very nice texturing and squiggly paths on these lovely details! Great choice of colors, lighting 'n' depth! Lovely work! (:
farmerC
Mooie vlakverdeling. Fijne dagen,ED.
VDH
Origineel en creatief werk! Excellent Ed!!
mansco
Merry Christmas to you Ed! I love this picture, nice and deep ;O)
Juliette.Gribnau
Lost your way???..I do think you found a new one ! mooi ontwerp Ed, en fijen feestdagen !
Star4mation
Hi Ed, Cool fractal :)
Fractelaar
Wat is er mooier dan de weg kwijt raken en dan iets tegen komen wat jij de moeite waard vind :-)) Prettige Kerstdagen Ed
da_mar
Exquisite design and an outstanding composition.I love the colors too.Ida
bpclarke
Hmmm, I don't see a way out either. Excellent image and design. Bunny
annie5
Interesting and original design..fabulous colors and lighting! Happy Holidays to you and yours :)
three_grrr
You have to stay on the yellow brick road, do not deviate, and you will find your way to yet another wonderful design! I love this maze, love the colors and the soft contrasts .
clydedough
Mountain roads or those bugs that carve those zigzags just under the bark up in the mountains-really like that smoke color-cool picture!