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 (20)
Gammacrucis
Very nice work! beautiful gradient and composition! I agree with your desire ^__^
carlx
Some days ago, cold and rainy in Hungary, too!!! Wonderful and very detailed composition, bravo!!!
Mondwin
Great details and splendid design...bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
CarolSassy
Very beautiful colors 'n' details! Lovely work! (:
Lipa
The image is very impressive, with the tilt that gives it dynamics and colours which tremble with heat. I guess you know that global warming means chaos, actually, so here in Austria the only real summer we had so far was in April. Absolutely no snow last winter. It did snow a few (very few) times, but did not hold for a single day at 500 meters above sea level in the Alps.
miwi
Klasse image,so far it's a Sh... summer in Germany,cold and a lot of rain!!!!!!
Juliette.Gribnau
pffffff... gimme a cold fresh drink !! A very dynamic and vibrant image, that fits to the title ( or vice versa)
Xantipa
Excellent work..
three_grrr
Global warming truly is chaotic, producing severe storms, extremes in weather, ant totally altered weather patterns. I hope you do get some warm sunny weather, but no extremes! A beautiful work, generating an awful lot of heat!!
VDH
Een fractal met heel veel details en vurige kleuren. Het is hartverwarmend in deze koude zomerdagen! Excellent werk Ed!
rocserum
in spite of...still a wonderful creation, but I agree with your explanation, we live in a weird world. RS
bpclarke
Gorgeous piece of art work. Love the colors and the design. It's HOT! Now, if we could just even these temps out. Bunny
annie5
In Quebec it's the same temperature..cold, rainy and windy July! Fantastic design and colors..nively done Ed! :)
fractalinda
Interesting.. Here in California and throughout the northwest, temperatures are 10+ degrees above the normal for this time of year. Awesome abstract composition in a beautiful fiery color mix.
afugatt
You want summer? Come to Phoenix! It was 112 in the shade today. Anyway, I love your composition. The texture is beautiful.
mansco
Of course Ed, global warming means climate crisis, no bother it's dry or rainy, our world is ill and we have to stop this all together. Love your work ;O)
farmerC
Bijzonder mooi werk. Mooie details erin.
amota99517
I love the richness of your colors and they represent the title very well.
dinner
Plezierig om naar te kijken, Ed !
Fractelaar
Mooi warme herfst tinten