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)
meico
Superb title for a highly unusual colour combination - which works very well in tune with the rather sombre theme. Mike
-Josh-
Gorgeous colors in your excellent creation !!
NekhbetSun
Thanks for the info...I love Bach and this :o)
erlandpil
Gorgeous colors in your excellent creation Agree erland
novelist
I love the movement and colors in this. I learn so much out here from others. Such interesting information. I have always loved the pavane. I studied those old dances at the University when I once majored in dance. Great choice for a title. One of my favorite pieces of music is Ravel's "Pavane for a Dead Princess". Beautiful fractal. I can imagine a slow courtly dance in there.
FracJay
Excellent image Ed, I like the flow of this spiral, very nice indeed!
daffodilbaggins
A very different sort of spiral, it looks as though it's in rapid motion, hurtling toward somewhere else! Also an intriguing history you gave us.
Beebee127
The wild peacocks that occasionally wander onto the back end of my property would be greatly attracted to this. It's quite lovely. And I do like your musical references. For anyone wondering about the Pavane, here is a version on guitar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oTfzpb01Sk
carlx
Awesome and a bit hypnotic imagination, Ed!!! I like it!!!
VDH
Mooi design en heel kleurrijk!
mansco
It's title fits so well ;O)
debz
Fantastic fractal! Suer title and great movement!
Morgana61
Bella...sembra in movimento. Very beautiful work!
Juliette.Gribnau
heel beeldend.. de pauwenveren duidelijk herkwenbaar; het geheel een mooi ontwerp
leanndra
A very different but attractive and busy spiral image! Thanks for the history too! Lea
ElizaB
interesting fractal and narrative
afugatt
Very beautiful!
bpclarke
Very dynamic and beautiful. A feeling of movement. Bunny
Electralena
Beautiful and superb, Ed!!!
fractalinda
Cool design and sense of motion. Beautiful work, Ed!
amota99517
Very nice!!!! I like the sense of motion that this has.
SSoffia
LOVE TEXTURES & DESIGN :)
dinner
Mooi kleurrijk geheel, Ed !
Eleandras
Superb image!
farmerC
SCHITTEREND WERK MET SNELHEID ERIN.
kansas
Excellent fractal. Wonderful title. Very nice colors.
Lipa
Excellent tension. Beautiful picture.
zmarek
Very nice image and good idea. Thanks for wishes.
Atomsplitter
Nice work, this one has great motion, like your falling into the spiral :)