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 (29)
Umbetro38
a fantastic and very creativ effect - cool work
NekhbetSun
Love it and fave !!!
leanndra
A Lovely experiment Ed. Lea
Beebee127
This is so elusively beautiful. You chose such soft elegant colors...this looks to me like enamelwork on mother-of-pearl. Stunning image.
FracJay
Nice fractal play Ed, again you have used the formula well, this experimenting was a good one!
Juliette.Gribnau
een mooie speelse fractal met een mooi vloeiende beweging erin. de effecten die je met psp heft toegevoegd ( o.a.texturizer) geven het geheel een extra dynamiek.
TOPCAT
Beautifully Done...Very Dreamy Image!
Gaiadriel
Ooooohh! Certainly you know already how I was destined (even before you likely finished this one) to love this piece. :))) Can't resist? Then, I say, why fight it? lol. Excellent work! What a beauty! :)
carlx
Soft, dreamy and very beautiful composition, Ed!!!
erlandpil
Very nice again erland
debz
Beautiful design! Super detail and lighting! Great work!
VDH
Mooie fractal!
renderix
cool water/pastell effect combined with this beautiful uf ed1
annie5
Love the effect and the colors are stunning and design too :)
amota99517
Beautiful work!!! Your colors and textures are fantastic!
farmerC
Ed je heb iets moois weggezet. Schitterend.
bpclarke
You have to play to find new ways of creating the spectacular art you do. I love the softness of this. Like a painting. Bunny
Henny31
soft and dreamy was my first thought. Love the butterfly looking flowers in it and your experimenting in PSP gave it a very special touch.
missouri
Excellent experimenting, I know the pull of playing with your fractals, glad you didn't resist.
tresamie
I love the way the edges are crumbling! Soft and beautiful :)
fractalinda
I'm glad you didn't..resist, that is. This is so lovely. Wonderful design, colors and texture.
daffodilbaggins
Very nicely done! Great colors and composition--it's lovely!
afugatt
Incredible!
clydedough
WOW this is incredible...fantastic effects and colors!!
mansco
Love it's textures ;O)
three_grrr
I'm glad you understand that when the artist side of you can't resist, that you give in to that pull. This turned out fabulously lovely!
Eleandras
Very elegant image!
SimonKane
Very nice!
Lipa
Lovely watercolour butterflies.