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.Â
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 (16)
Lipa
Marble and shells. Beautiful..
Juliette.Gribnau
dit is werkelijk heel interessant en boeiend werk Ed !
carlx
Wonderful colors, details and mood!!!
mmcgallery
Very cool!!! Beautiful image !!!
VDH
Heel speciaal, zowel van design als kleuren!
CarolSassy
I really like these unusual, lovely details! Fantastic designs 'n' subtle colors! Gorgeous work! (:
clifftoppler
Thank you, Ed. The last in the series has just been uploaded. This one reminds me of an alligator lurking in the waters of some Florida swamp (or maybe on a damp patio). A baby alligator was recently found in the stomach of a python. Pythons in Florida! I hope they can cope with hurricanes? The waters become a little flamboyant. I assume from your comment the "Albert Smooks formula is private? A treat to come possibly?
farmerC
Prachtig lijnenspel. Zie in de schaduw mooie details.
Xantipa
Awesome..love texture and composition..great..++5
iceberg5
Without doubt this is a very fine image ! Lovely marble textures and really effective choice of colours !
bpclarke
Very unusual POV. Excellent textures and muted colors. Bunny
amota99517
Like the form and textures. A most interesting lighting and color application. Great work.
annie5
Full of details here..Superb texture and colors! Interesting fractal work :)
afugatt
Very beautiful composition and texturing. I love it!
three_grrr
An aerial view of fields in very early spring, the snow has mostly melted, but no green has yet crept forth. The earth is still sleeping. Somehow very soothing
fractalinda
This is very cool! I'm inspired to try your formula. Great didi and a super abstract image.