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 (28)
renderix
cool work ed!
meico
Yes ... I know and love Jan Toorop's work [indeed most art nouveau artists] and those canvas-wide sinous lines of his are stunning! This lovely piece is [imho] a very appropriate response to his work. Superb! Mike
clam73
great colours....nice one!!
FracJay
Nice image Ed, my fave part is the lone sprial at the right top...Coooool
bakapo
this is cool. great colors, and the title is perfect!
NekhbetSun
Thanks for the info and this is awesome !
Mondwin
Pure gold!!!!!!!!!!!!!bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
daffodilbaggins
Thanks for that background history, Ed! My husband came and looked over my shoulder just now, and we both like the spiral and surrounding area on the right side of the image (and getting him really interested in a piece is cool!). Your texturing in this is interesting too!
Juliette.Gribnau
een boeiend en "geolied"geheel !
wannes
Lijkt inderdaad op art nouveau smeedwerk... knap werk!
annie5
Superb texture and colors..Cool work! :)
farmerC
Dit is een JUWEEL. mooi van kleur en onderwerp.
leanndra
A very unusual and eye-catching fractal! I like it Ed! Lea
debz
Beautiful fractal! Super design and light!
carlx
What a superb title!!! Looks delicate and beautiful!!!
bpclarke
Thank you for the background on this little beauty! Gorgeous work. I really like the glow and colors in this. Bunny
miincdesign
wonderful and interesting spiral and design. great colors and textures. nice job, Ed!
-Josh-
Incredibly beautiful and very elegant fractal design !!
amota99517
Beautiful work!!!!
clydedough
Very nice effects and soothing colors!
dinner
Fresh and delightful, Ed!
eraline
wow,so unusual,very creatif,5 ps;thanks
mansco
Very nice and original work ;O)
VDH
Inderdaad, origineel en mooi werk!
erlandpil
Just beautifult erland
Henny31
very different but made sense with your explanation..I missed that era, was living in south America then I suppose and not much art came through in the middle of nowhere.. so thank you very much for sharing this with us.
novelist
Gorgeous. I appreciate the information, too. I learn so much visiting people's galleries who obviously know what they're doing. This is a lovely fractal. I love Art Nouveau and Art Deco, and this work appeals to me a lot.
afugatt
Fantastic!