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 (32)
Jennyfnf
What a glory! It feels alive and throbbing.
Dindin
Geweldig mooi,in alle opzichten ,subject ,kleur ,presentatie en titel en ook de dubbele David
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n Nederlands gezegd "daar neem ik mijn petje voor af "fractalinda
Powerful and beautiful, just like it will be. Dynamic and excellent.
Juliette.Gribnau
ik sluit me bij Dina aan..helemaal ! F
Fractelaar
Knap plaatje Ed heeft dynamiek en hele interresant structuur werk
kaward
Wonderful vision with great texture and gradient work!
bakapo
nice textures and lighting... this shines!
Titia
Een prachtig beeld. De textuur vind ik erg mooi.
VDH Online Now!
Prachtig design, textuur en kleuren!Excellent Ed!!
Meisiekind
I know absolutely nothing about Fractal but this is gorgeous!!! xx
missouri
It is wonderful, thanks for sharing.
daffodilbaggins
Nice color mix, and texturing, as well as overall composition!
miincdesign
Love that star spiral. Great colors and overall design. Very nicely done, Ed!!
Henny31
Still that FFF touch in there, but much more refined. I love it!
annie5
I like how you did this one! Superb texture and colors..Super :)
Eleandras
Beautiful!
SSoffia
FANTASTIC DESIGN & COLORS & COMPOSITION !!!!!
NekhbetSun
Well now, this is mighty darn interesting and super cool...great idea and execution !
pnv2ro
Cool work and colors!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FracJay
This is a very nice fractal image, I particularly like the tight spiral at the top of the image, It puts me in mind of the star of David...Nice one!
farmerC
Snelheid ,kleur, kortom dit werk heeft alles voor een TOPPER. EXELLENT.
carlx
Powerful!!! Very cool composition, Ed!!!
highcrow
Beautiful abstract and a lovely pallet.Reminds me of Christmas. Excellent!!
ainsoph_00
nicely textured :)
bpclarke
Fanatastic colors and textures. Splendid shapes and design. Bunny
afugatt
Beautiful!
amota99517
Absolutely beautiful!!!
Lipa
If I saw this sign, my atheism would have to recalculate new evidence. Fantastic picture, whatever the motivation of your muse.
whirlingfeather
Outstanding!
jccj56
Beautiful Spiral Art!