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)
Fractelaar
Nice to see the many diffirent programs you use the last time Ed FTP have a real simple layout with as motor VchiraTierazone i think. Big buttons you can not miss it :-) Cool stuf for give it a try
carlx
Very nice scene and love the title!!!
Mondwin
Original and impressive design...bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
clam73
I like the use of colors, well done!!
FracJay
Like a heavenly bridge going forth into the clouds, excellent image my friend,
ascript
Really beautiful ;)
meico
Oh yes I can see Gaudi's influence - I saw some of his work in Northern Spain some years ago - mind-blowing stuff. A great 'stairway to heaven' picture. Mike
ElizaB
excellent image the eye is drawn upwards and into the image across this bridge as FracJay said
Juliette.Gribnau
indrukwekkend ! ( maar dat is Gaudi's werk welzeker ook )
Eleandras
Awesome image!
amota99517
Beautiful work!!! This is a great little program.
leanndra
Beautiful fractal ED. It looks like a fractal road that is endless! Wonderful perspective!
iceberg5
A lovely picture !
renderix
cool work ed!
bpclarke
Delicious work. Bunny
clydedough
WoW...we are on a similar wavelength today. Very nice work-quite cool!
saretta
Awesome creation,wonderful tribute to Gaudi!!!:-)
VDH
Inderdaad een heel speciale en mooie creatie! Excellent werk ED!!
farmerC
Ze worden steeds mooier.
DukeNukem2005
Very beautiful, wonderful and very nice work of art!
dinner
Lovely, Ed !
debz
Excellent fractal! Super design and colour!
afugatt
Very interesting design!
SSoffia
BEAUTIFUL TEXTURES & COLORS & COMPOSITION !!!!!
erlandpil
Good use of color erland
miincdesign
Cool fractal with wonderful colors. Nicely done, Ed!!
annie5
Absolutely gorgeous..lovely details and colors! Original design :)
three_grrr
Sure looks like the road to heaven to me. But one wonders what lies behind the rise in the road? A beautiful work!
Lipa
Clear association, especially the texture of the vertical axis.