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 (34)
Juliette.Gribnau
fascinating reflections on the oval-shape !!
builderer
cool work ed;-)
-Josh-
Fascinating work, very impressive !!! Gorgeous colors and shapes !!!
Dinhi
Excellent twist on this, and one of my favorite foods... [=
annie5
I'm hungry to see your mushrooms..lovely shapes and colors! Nicely done :)
luvjoyjoy
I love mushrooms
Gammacrucis
Nice design, perfect title and wonderful presentation! ^__^
wannes
Een geestverruimende creatie... knap werk!
miincdesign
Pretty with great choice of colors and textures. Nicely done!
mansco
Ed, this is really splendid, love it in all ways. My compliments ;O)
missouri
Oh, great texturing, and great title, too.
daffodilbaggins
Beautiful colors, and a lovely image overall! Well done!
fractalinda
Cool design, and the colors are lovely.
Odrah
overwhelming sophistication!
amota99517
This is stunning. It looks like beautiful satin fabric. Wonderful work!!!
bpclarke
Beautifully textured and elegant design. Bunny
Kartika
Excellent work!
afugatt
Very beautiful!
clydedough
This is sooo cool & beautiful...ill take a double helping!
kansas
Wonderful gnarly mushrooms. I like the oval. Super design and colors.
KKohji
I feel the history and dignity
VDH
Prachtig werk Ed!Bravo!!
farmerC
Bijzonder mooi werk. Je kleur en ontwerp is een plaatje.
FracJay
WOW! and I didn't even ask for extra mushrooms on this pizza LOL..Great texture play here!
highcrow
Beautiful! The colors are so wonderfully soft and mellow.Very Pretty indeed!!!
saretta
Gorgeous and so rich fractal artwork,magnificent!!!!!:-)
erlandpil
Good work again erland
iceberg5
A really beautiful picture !
mps
Lovely image.
carlx
Excellent composition and atmosphere, Ed!!!