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 (24)
SSoffia
GREAT DESINGWORK !!!!!
miincdesign
Love that great abstract design in the background. Cool colors, and Great job!!
carlx
Gorgeous abstract image and design!!! Beautiful gradient and mood!!!
Lipa
Pure poetry.
amota99517
Very nice!!!
bpclarke
Gorgeous! Moody, misty and beautiful. Excellent work. Bunny
daffodilbaggins
Very unusual, and interesting!
bakapo
nice lighting, very pretty.
kansas
Very nice! I like the background design.
clydedough
This is very cool...very nice work!
fractalinda
Very cool design work- fore and back; I like the style, light and color. Excellent!
Henny31
super interesting and original. Lovely work.
VDH
Heel speciaal van design en kleuren! Veel diepte ! Goed werk Ed!
mansco
A lovely and elegant design, love it's flow ;O)
philuf
Dark and mysterious. Beautiful colors.
Gaiadriel
This is gorgeous..and the transparency here nearly plays tricks on the eye. Very illusory, and very beautiful :)
afugatt
I really love this!
annie5
Beautiful colors mix..love the background design! :)
Electralena
Wonderful work with beautiful colours!!!
dinner
Ook een lief plaatje, Ed.
three_grrr
Delightful work!
CarolSassy
I like the witch-fingers traveling around! Lovely colors mix! Nice depth! (:
iceberg5
So restful and a pleasure to view !
saretta
Looking at it i feel as if old memories in the background come to life in the vivid green design,they take a 3D form and shine,marvelous feelings in this image!!:-)