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)
annie5
Splendid design and colors..really beautiful! :)
carlx
Beautiful spiral with golden light!!!
wannes
Mooie gouden tinten!! Knap!
bakapo
bright and cheery! woo-hoo, beautiful!
Henny31
excellent stylish design with elegant coloring. Heel mooi!!
farmerC
SCHITTEREND WERK. FIJNE KLEUREN.
ElizaB
beautiful fractal creation
VDH
Prachtige gouden spiraal!
fractalinda
Splendid spiral design, Ed! A dynamic golden beauty.
globalpuffer
This is awesome. I love how the lighting turned out. Simple and beautiful.
FracJay
Wonderful spiral image, I like the gradient...It's as old rolled gold..Nice one!
bpclarke
Gorgeous colors. Rich textures and golds. Excellent work. Bunny
-Josh-
Awesome spiral design with gorgeous colors and details !! It is a beauty !!
mps
This is a real beauty.
missouri
This is nice, I like the way the spikes are tucked away and guarded.
artice
WOW! LOVE THE GOLDS. THIS IS ABSOLUTLEY GORGEOUS..:)
amota99517
Wow! This is interesting. I haven't seen one like this before. Love your colors and the simplicity of your forms.
kansas
Simple, but beautiful.
afugatt
Very beautiful and sharp composition.
daffodilbaggins
VERY nice composition, and I utterly love those colors together! This one's special!
Juliette.Gribnau
a delight indeed.. very sunny ! I love the little accent in the top-left-corner
dinner
Mooi van stijl en kleur, Ed ! Beautiful to look at!
highcrow
Lovely!!Love the color!
NekhbetSun
Splendid image !
saretta
Fabulous atmosphere and precious design and golden tones,love it!!:-)
renderix
because i love it :-) wonderful ed!
jccj56
Awesome Spiral Art!!
miincdesign
Simply gorgeous. Love the colors and the mini spirals. Very nicely done!!
Electralena
Simple, but very beautiful and excellently done, Ed!!!
Harmen
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