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 (28)
Titia
Een heel mooie...inderdaad rustig. Prachtig licht en materiaal.
Lipa
Reminds me of gift wrapping, delicate and elegant.
Juliette.Gribnau
oh...I love this !!
Dindin
Heel rustig en elegant .
Xantipa
Pure and wonderful..
globalpuffer
I love the way the elements blend, the simiplicity, and your use of gradients on this. Beautiful pic!!!
carlx
Minimal, elegant and lovely work!!!
kansas
Yes, minimal, but so lovely.
mansco
Sorry about the storm and your internet connection... don't worry about the comments. I really like this simple but so beautiful work ;O)
farmerC
Dit is een hele fijne om naar te kijken.
Electralena
I love this kind of simplicity! Very elegant!!!
Henny31
minimal fractal art you said, it has its beauty from the simplicity.. The fine texture of the blue "paper" is gorgeous .
CarolSassy
It looks beautiful! I love it! (:
rocserum
the same storm drove me home from "de Woude", I hope your system is oke now, I like this minimal art design, well done RS
Gaiadriel
Simple...but strikingly beautiful! The gradient is perfect here..and the textural effect magnificent! :)
carwx
This design and 3d effect are wonderful.
bpclarke
Minimal, but darkly elegant! Superb textures, lines and depth. Bunny
clydedough
Very sweet, the texture and lighting are so fine. Very attractive.
annie5
Elegant design..superb texture! Very beautiful :)
VDH
Prachtige textures en kleuren! Vind ik heel mooi Ed!5*
clifftoppler
It talks to me nicely with a nice clarity so your title does its job. We get rain. It becomes a pattern for most days - maybe the weather is trying for minimalist behaviour too?
three_grrr
Often less is more, and here it is true! A beautiful piece, made even better by your choice of gradient!
mountmous
This is beautiful. Less is more. Love the shape of the spiral, the texture and the soft colouring... eh... everything about it ^_^
MaydaMason
beautiful and delicate! the textures seems paper!
daali
this spiral seems made with FE one of the rare points of contact between the two programs Bravo Ed!!!
Fractelaar
Mooi voorbeeld wat voor effect je kunt bewerkstelligen met een op het eerste oog relatief simpel concept Schitterend Ed
iceberg5
It may be minimal but it is extremely good !
afugatt
So simple and elegant. I love it!