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 (26)
mansco
A lovely design, Ed. Elegant and modern looking ;O)
philuf
Beautiful composition!
Fractelaar
wolkjes texture doet het goed hier mooi plaatje
vxbob
Apt title. Interesting
meico
Yes, indeed - a clever title for this glorious image. Mike
VDH
Mooi design en heel kleurrijk werk!
Juliette.Gribnau
I love this painterly effect !
novelist
Gorgeous.
FracJay
Another winner for the As youlike it Ed, I like the gradient in this piece, the overall, texturing is exquisite, Nice one, Heel mooi werk Ed!
daffodilbaggins
I really like this one, Ed! The gradient is fantastic, and the composition is great too; you've got a real winner here!
SimonKane
Nice colours and composition.
annie5
Love this painting effect..really beautiful! :)
clydedough
Beautiful effest and fine looking work!
Electralena
Beautiful work, Ed. Wonderful colors and effect!!!
bakapo
good effects in this!
debz
Beautiful design and colour! Super matts!
SSoffia
WONDERFUL DESIGN & COLORS !!!!!!
wannes
Gepaste titel voor dit knap kunstwerk!!
missouri
Wonderful work, if this is decaying, it's certainly going out in style.
ElizaB
wonderful...great colour pallette and design...like the variation in detail and texture
bpclarke
A very painterly look. Like a watercolor. Bunny
npauling
Super work and I love that painted look.
farmerC
Fijn werk,ED. Mooie kleuren.
Lipa
This is beautiful. Decay is sad at best. Horrible normally, at least when seen from inside.
afugatt
I love this!
Eleandras
Amazing colors and texture!