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
Yes, this is absolutely awesome. My favorit.
Juliette.Gribnau
very different from your usual work, but...definately a wonderful piece of art.. awesome F
Fractelaar
Ed ik ga helemaal mee met hier boven totaal anders dan wat ik van je gewend ben maar echt een schitterend en orgineel abstract stilleven
VDH
Inderdaad helemaal anders! Creatief werk!!
carlx
Creative idea: beautiful result!!! Really awesome work!!!
mansco
Great texture work ;O)
lazydog
Excellent!
Jennyfnf
I found this image very moving. I get the impression of someone reaching out for something, just out of arms length and moving relentlessly on. So, so sad and so beautiful Ed.
annie5
Original design..Superb texture. Very beautuful in B&W! Awesome fractal work..Bravo Ed! :)
BloodFlowers
Astonishing image... I like much Etonnante image ...j'aime beucoup Mel
leonie
Love it! Totally different style! :D
soepie17
Broken dreams about giant nipples?? FOEI algra!!! Ik had nooit gedacht dat je op Al Bundy zou lijken! Maar wel wereldplaatje dus ;)
bpclarke
Very subdued and subtle. Very different, but a wonderfully done abstract. Bunny
three_grrr
Little droplets of broken dreams piling up like sand .. very melancholy. Very beautiful.
-Josh-
Very beautiful creation and texture.
mountmous
Mooi Ed. De droom die gebroken is en een traan laat vloeien... Eigenlijk een heel triestig werkje maar ik vind hem errug mooi.
pinktwister
Wonderful!!! Love the textured effect on this!!
farmerC
Het is een plaatje.
claude19
I like this black and white picture, as designed with the pencil paper with the black lead! Splendid
kareldg
Wat mij betreft is dit het betere werk!
Rykk
Kewl! Love greyscale!
dinner
Een meesterlijk werkje van je :-))
Lipa
Beautiful little study.