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 (22)
saretta
This marvelous fractal has the solemnity and power of Beethoven symphonies,very true that his music was grand with an often tragic mood reflecting his state of mind,great artwork again that perfectly represents it!!:-)
mansco
I'm really enjoying this series, Ed. It's splendid ;O)
Juliette.Gribnau
I can here your Bethoven here in SanSebastian..goint to look at the other ones in these series right now... this one is gorgeous.
miincdesign
What great movement. Love the colors and textures. Nice work.
CarolSassy
Ooo@@ooh! I love these dark details with the lovely lighting! Great color mix! Excellent work! (:
nazul
Marvelous composition
daffodilbaggins
WOW, these are great, Ed! Very well done, and I love the colors!
carlx
Fantastic colors, textures, movement and atmosphere!!!
VDH
Mooi en creatief fractalwerk!
SSoffia
GREAT DESINGWORK !!!!!
farmerC
Dit is grote klasse. Bijzonder mooie details erin.
luvjoyjoy
It speaks well of you that you have continual variations upon a theme -- your color choices are always well planned!
jccj56
Beautiful Artwork!!
Electralena
Wonderful musical series. I really like this work, Ed. Excellent!!!
bpclarke
Yes... Beethoven had some very dark days. That is why his music has such depth and feeling to it. This is magnificent! Excellent work. Bunny
amota99517
This must be one of his more lively compositions. Superb work.
annie5
Very very beautiful..lovely detalis and rich colors! :)
afugatt
Fantastic!
iceberg5
A truly distinctive and fascinating image - I can see all kinds of wooden instruments such as violas , violins , theorbos , cellos etc and their strings as well . Wonderful work . Could you do an image for JS Bach ? { my favourite composer }
Lipa
Deep elegance.
three_grrr
A beautiful piece, Ed, with those little bright spots, reflecting those few bits of sunlight captured by his music. Beethoven is one of my favorites.
Christina
Stunning fractal! I love the colors and that glow is magic.