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.
Â
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
This site uses cookies to deliver the best experience. Our own cookies make user accounts and other features possible. Third-party cookies are used to display relevant ads and to analyze how Renderosity is used. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our Terms of Service, including our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy.
Comments (18)
farmerC
Het knalt bijna van het scherm. Heel mooi gemaakt. Links heeft mijn voorkeur.
carlx
Lovely spirals and colors!!! As a big forest and the sun!!! Excellent work!!!
Juliette.Gribnau
een fractal met veel expressie...in tegenstelling tot Cees heeft de rechterkant mijn voorkeur. Mooi werk !
CarolSassy
I love spirals everywhere. Beautiful & excellent work! (:
Xantipa
Wonderful spiral.
kansas
So beautiful! Excellent colors and lighting. I love spiral. And yes, they are everywhere.
aramina
Spirals rule ok! Great spiral image, Happy New Year
XoxoTree
Very pretty. :)
Henny31
lovely classic fractured spirals, still trying to do FFF work in UF I think? For you and Will have a great creative 2007
rocserum
just like Cees, the leftside has its interesting glyph decoration background, wonderful ! RS
VDH Online Now!
Prachtige spiraal fractal Ed!!UItstekend!! Gekukkig nieujaar!!
mansco
This is really fabulous, it's background is very special, great deepth also ;O)
Fractelaar
Een niet alledaagse combinatie interresant weg om op voort te borduren
leonie
Tres cool, Ed!!! :D
bpclarke
Beautiful! Super colors and great design. Bunny
lior
So very nicely done ...and... I hope your 2007 will be the best for you! Lior
22446655
Very interesting complicated painting. Thanks Gabrielle
eras50
Fascinating. The salmon-coloured highlights on the left are a great counterbalance to the darker right side. Lovely, original textures.