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 (34)
FracJay
Beautiful creation Ed, love this fractal!!
novelist
Such beautiful colors and shapes. I love the way you did the background.
Fractelaar
Proud looking spiral with a real interresting background layer. Dramatic feel
carlx
Excellent spiral work with dramatic atmosphere, Ed!!!
wannes
Origineel en creatief fractalwerk!!! Uitstekend!!!!
daffodilbaggins
Wow! Very bold and dramatic! Nicely done, Ed!
daali
Wonderful ED,a work af class
annie5
Very creatice and original design! Nice texture in the background :)
pinktwister
Beautiful fractal! I love the texturing so much!
farmerC
Schitterend werk. Mooie comb kleur en vorm.
mansco
This is one of your most beautiful pictures, Ed. Love every single detail ;O)
FractaziaFractals
Really dramatic and beautiful colouring......a super image!
Juliette.Gribnau
een krachtige fractal met leuke vormen, goeie contrasten die het geheel erg sprekend maken, en de textuur in de achtergrond maakt het compleet af !
Henny31
ik vind dit inderdaad heel erg mooi. Heel artistiek geheel. Achtergrond is fantastish.
debz
Beautiful work! Super flow and detail!
leanndra
This is beatufiul Ed. Love that silver and brown together. I would have never thought to try that gradient combination! It is wonderful! Lea
tresamie
Great shapes and shadings!
amota99517
Wow! This is really cool design work.
bpclarke
Elegant design with subtle light and shadows. Gorgeous work. Bunny
abmlober
This will be one of my long-term favourites...
Eleandras
Wow Beautiful!
afugatt
Beautiful!
FractaliaNo1 Online Now!
A beauty!
VDH
Excellent werk!
meico
Damn your title took the words right out of my mouth. I'll content myself with imagining the scent of sea salt and flowers ... Mike
NekhbetSun
Wowwwww....this is spectacular !
eraline
very good creation,5
erlandpil
Just beautifult erland
fractalinda
Fabulous "flower wave!" Splendid spiral design, magic lighting and superb texture. Excellent!
npauling
I love how this wave has the lovely white foam at the top. Lovely work.