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 (35)
NefariousDrO
Wow, that's a beautiful fractal! Wonderful colors.
Juliette.Gribnau
oooh Ed, wat moooooiiii !!! F
erlandpil
I like it Nice work erland
Fractelaar
Mooi werk speciaal de texturesgradients en het soft 3d effect Orginele naam ,hoe kom je er op :-)
NekhbetSun
Ohhhh I love this ! instant fave ~
miincdesign
Very nicely done! Love the colors and design. Great job!!
melevos
UITSTEKEND WERK!!!!!!!!!!
mel841
Loce the colors!! Masterful work!
VDH
Prachtige texturen, kleuren en 3D effect!!
carlx
Superb image and mood, Ed!!!
whirlingfeather
Exquisite!
debz
Fantastic fractal! Beautiful design and colours!
CarolSassy
Very cool dotted texture! Pretty colors 'n' details! Nicely done! (:
leanndra
So lovely and unusual! Leann
farmerC
Ed,weer een Juweeltje. Klasse.
wannes
Mooie compositie, knap gedaan!
bpclarke
This is amazing! Ed, this is downright spectacular. Gorgeous work. Bunny
afugatt
WOW!!! Ed, this is stunning! I love it!
philuf
You must have had an excellent Saturday! It's beautiful.
Electralena
Splendid and so very beautiful work, Ed!!!
novelist
They remind me of woodland wildflowers. Great textures and colors!
npauling
This is lovely and the little spots go so well. Very unusual fractal.
Gaiadriel
Unusual, yes...and I'm in love with these colors! Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, Ed :)
SSoffia
LOVE COMPOSITION !°1!!!!
clydedough
I see spots...and i like them. Great looking work!
daffodilbaggins
Great colors and texture, Ed--very nice!
amota99517
Wow! This is gorgeous!
annie5
Fantastic design Ed..nice texture and colors! Beautiful work :)
renderix
a beauty ed! love the textures and 3d
three_grrr
This is like looking down at a park, seeing the trees from above, what a wonderful work!