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 (29)
saretta
Amazing abstract and a splendid title,brilliant!!:-)
meico
So long as we carry on experiencing, evaluating and simply living we will aggregate wisdom as a crystal grows in a saturated solution - this organic construction illustrates your point so well. Mike
Juliette.Gribnau
wonderful image.. never heard of that theory before.. so.. going to do some google-ing
janedj
Amazing artwork!!!Hugs Jane
VDH
Heel origineel en mooi werk! Excellent Ed!!
Fractelaar
prachtig kleurenspel en contrastwerk mijnheer
miincdesign
Very well composed and presented. Love the background texture. Nicely done!!
amota99517
Totally cool work!!!
erlandpil
Great artwork erland
annie5
Cool idea..very original work! love it :)
carlx
Fantastic composition and view!!!
farmerC
Exellent werk ED. Er zitten nog wel een paar vergrotingen in.
mansco
Splendid work, it's title fits so well ;O)
highcrow
Beautiful! I love it! It just appeals to the eye in such a striking manner! Excellent and a new fave!
renderix
love the details and the blending from outside to inside ed- very creative work!
bpclarke
Gorgeous colors and design. Love the feeling of seeing something on a table, yet not. Excellent art work. Bunny
Henny31
Ed this is a winner.. just fantastic.. not sure what you used to create this beauty but I see your love for FFF in it..
Eleandras
Beautiful design the textures are amazing!
whirlingfeather
Wonderful marble texturing and nicely diamond framed, Nicely created!
Harmen
BR1LL14NT BR0TH3R!
kansas
A stunning composition.
afugatt
Cool design!
dinner
Geweldig design, Ed ! Background heel mooi gedaan !
NekhbetSun
Questions worthy of ponder...beautiful work !
leanndra
I think maybe we live on a variety of all of them. Wonderful fractal, Ed.
FracJay
Super image and a thought provoking text, nice one Ed
three_grrr
Just to keep it simple, LOL, I live day to day! And today the sun is shining, so no time to ponder anything deeper then the joy of seeing green things poking their little noses out of the dirt in my garden! A marvelous image!!
Lipa
As long as we comb our hair...
clbsmiley
I love this one dear. You have an excellent gallery. :)