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.ÂÂ
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 (23)
Xantipa
Wonderful, very nice work.
Juliette.Gribnau
very special !..the shapes are interesting and intriguing , the colors are awesome !
CarolSassy
A real beauty! Great color mix, depth and details! Lovely textures! (:
BloodFlowers
Excellente Ann 2007 toi Algra J'aime ce que tu fais ...je viens souvent :-) Excellent Year 2007 with you Algra I like what you do... I often come :-)
XoxoTree
Wow I love this. Very intresting to view. :)
rocserum
a inspiring one, well done! RS
Fractelaar
Mooi en anders, doet me denken aan een storm speciale kleuren combinatie maar wel heel geslaagt
kansas
Oh my! This is marvelous! Very impressive. My compliments.
Henny31
This is very "DEEP" I understand the contents because I can SEE it Super image ED.
farmerC
Dit is een hele fijne om naar te kijken, ED.
kepp
cool image love the dark colours
clifftoppler
Arresting colours, beautiful composition, and an intriguing title.
VDH
Origineel en mooi design! Prachtin contrasterende kleuren!Excellent Ed!!
annie5
Very interesting design..love your mixed colors! Excellent..Happy 2007 :)
leonie
Great composition, Ed! I would have thought that this was using a Sierpinski formula! Or perhaps Carr has incorporated one? I have tried his forms many times and can't make sense out of them at all! What's your (and his) secret???? Lol!
carlx
Wonderful, and very paint-like view!!! Lovely colors and mood!!!
juca
Very creative fractals, Great job.
npauling
This is an interesting design with a great colour scheme.
bpclarke
Superb textures and designs. Excellent work. Bunny
miwi
Wonderful image,super!!!!!!!
MountainEd
Excellent abstract, love the texture and pallette.
Bampster
Powerful- it is never dated-a recently released film from China depicts betrayal and conspiracies within the palace of a tenth century emperor.The film is entitled "Curse of the Golden Flower". Your composition is of high quality- Excellent work!!!
trevere
Colors, lighting, texture, etc are really great!