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 (26)
Juliette.Gribnau
de beweeglijkheid in de vormen doet inderdaad sterk denken aan de "rafelige"bladeren van de iris. Het blijft boeiend om te volgen wat je allemaal doet met Barnsley-formule
carlx
Delicate colors and forms, Ed!!! Looks beautiful!!!
Morgana61
Davvero particolare...very beautiful work!
Fractelaar
Mooi marmer motief
meico
This image is so classical and elegant. A real eye-soothing experience. Thank you for sharing! Mike
VDH
Mooi van vormen en kleuren!
NekhbetSun
Irises never looked so good....excellent ~
daffodilbaggins
VERY well done, Ed! This really does look like a bunch of flowers growing, especially if you get back away from it a bit. Wonderful!
missouri
I adore irises, these are wonderful, reduced to bare beauty
erlandpil
Nice work and picture erland
annie5
Excellent title..love the colors! Very elegant.Fantastic work Ed :)
Eleandras
Beautiful!
Henny31
so different, it is an eye catcher. A super creative IRIS.
debz
Great image and super colour!
farmerC
Erg fijn werk. Zitten mooie stukken in voor te zoomen.
iceberg5
A delightful image !
bpclarke
Delicately lovely. Bunny
fractalinda
A very lovely impression, Ed. I love the colors and how the brown punctuates. Superb design and overall image.
amota99517
Nice work!!!!
ElizaB
stunning creation ..your recent recent creations are superb I have enjoyed looking at them all.. this one is definitely a fav
Gaiadriel
I've missed so many of your posts in time away, Ed. :( What a beautiful impression. Lovely work! :)
afugatt
Beautiful pattern.
kansas
Exceptionally beautiful!
SSoffia
AMAZING DESIGN, COLORS & MOVEMENT !!!!!
three_grrr
Elegant design!
Lipa
Excellent wall paper.