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 (27)
carlx
Very impressive, different and beautiful!!! Excellent!!!
leonie
Wow, this is great Ed. I love all the different textures and colours! :D (Still in Dallas - have extended my stay until Feb 27 as of today!)
kepp
excellant piece of work
annie5
Genial..your spiral looks great! Brilliant artwork :)
Juliette.Gribnau
very bright and sharp I love it
joefraq
Fantastic Design!!
Henny31
real fractal art is a mandy or a julia and easier to fine in any other program than UF wich is known for spirals.. but you make them always look different.. Great job love it..
Dindin
Prachtig en zo rijk aan details waaruit weer nieuwe fractals gemaakt kunnen worden .Een ding vergat je te zeggen ...is dit nu een UF of een FE creatie ? Aardig van je Ed dat je een goed woord voor FE en artiesten had .
rocserum
a glorious piece! its a fractal, every application has its own way of creative expression! RS
bpclarke
Beautiful work! It is busy, but it's a pleasure to study. Bunny
fractalinda
Awesome and outstanding!
XoxoTree
Great name for this image but not too busy, I love it. :)
kansas
An outstanding fractal. Yes, there are some wonderful artists who use other programs. Glad you pointed that out. I sure like this busy spiral and the colors used.
pinktwister
Awesome!!
da_mar
Outstanding work!
Xantipa
Absolutely exceptional, wonderful.
mountmous
Personally I'm totally hooked on UF but that doesn't mean I don't recognize that other artists can make the most amazing things with other programs, as you pointed out. I sometimes wonder, seeing those images, how those programs work but still never get round to trying them out. Better to leave it to those who master it so well ^_^ I like your busy image, especially those spirals that seem to be playing hide-and-seek in the right part.
mansco
This is really a fantastic design ;O)
CarolSassy
I tried FE, but I could never get much out of it, so I really admire those that do. Love all the colors and designs in this one! Excellent work! (:
farmerC
Ed je hebt een paar juweeltjes nu weg gezet.
VDH
Impressive design and colors! Bravo Ed!!
Harmen
puntgaaf stukje werk, Ed @};-
spiegel428
I like it, the detail in the corner makes it different from an usual spiral design.
clifftoppler
Fantastic Enterprise! See, I can do FE too, but that's as far as it goes. This is a nice expansive image with much to make me loiter. These various programmes will come and go, but Art will always come from the eye/mind of the creator.
Rykk
Cool spiral, especially the small grey ones around the right side of the main spiral. Freaken Fantabulous FE Fractal! (boy! That's sure easier on the monitor that all the spray from my usual "p" words on flames - lol)
dinner
Mijn complimenten. Een pracht van een fractal !!
three_grrr
Truly busy, reflecting your day! I love the busyness of this, so much to look at and to contemplate over! A delight! And as far as what is and what isn't fractal art? IMHO, art is in the eye of the beholder.