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)
Tanglimara
Nice metallic style fractal work., great stuff. Tony :-)
Fractelaar
Moderne kunst Mooie mettalics leuk !!
carlx
Great abstract shapes and texture!!! Gorgeous gradient, too!!!
mickeyrony
A little of all absorbs our imagination to develop an answer to our vision to with it. Cheer It is hipper creative. Mile mercies ((5++)) Un peu de tout absorbe notre imagination pour y développer une réponse à notre vision .Bravo c'est hipper créatif .Mile mercis ((5++))
debz
Super design and great textures! Great work my friend!
meico
Texture, colour, composition all working in perfect harmony. Great! Mike
VDH
Heel abstracte figuren met een metaalachtige tint! Mooi werk Ed!
annie5
WOW..I like this superb abstract Ed! All is really my taste..texture/colors etc :)
bpclarke
Fantastic work! The textures are so real looking. Like the plaster texture on a wall and painted. Splendidly done. Bunny
CarolSassy
Looks like you had a lot of fun 'building' this one! Lovely colors, details 'n' lighting! Excellent work! (:
three_grrr
The textures are awesome on this one. I'm really liking the direction your work is taking you lately. This is an exquistite abastract, and I think "building" as Bunny said, is the perfect way to put it. It has such a feeling of depth, dimensionality, as if it was fabricated of heavy paper rather then a fractal.
amota99517
Excellent work!! I love the mechanical feel that this has.
daffodilbaggins
Wow, that's excellent, Ed! Looks very complicated, too!
Juliette.Gribnau
een boeiend werk, waar je overigens steeds verder lijkt weg te gaan van de klassieke fractal. Het is boeiend,en mooi van kleur en textuur..en toch mis ik iets .. misschien zit ik wat te vastgeroest aan klassiek-fractalwerk
farmerC
Een mooi spel van kleur en licht. Rechts heeft mijn voorkeur.
NekhbetSun
Nice composition and love the colors you used...most excellent !
melevos
EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!
novelist
Great colors, lighting, and metallic feel. I like all the sharp edges and how the image has so much depth.
mel841
I like the textures the most! Color choice is excellent. The shapes really accent the metallic sense of the fractal. Fav!!!
wannes
Verbazingwekkend hoe je met fractals knappe abstracte kunst kan creëeren, ook deze mag weer gezien worden!! Mijn complimenten voor de originaliteit!!
miwi
Agree with Fractelaar; Modern Art!!!!!!!!!
claude19
SPLENDID as metallic buildings ! Render very fine and detailed !!!
Electralena
Superb texture, gradient, abstract, Ed!!!
Henny31
ook schitterend en de kleur is helemaal metaal achtig maar ik mis de warmte.. lol..
ElizaB
great textures
erlandpil
Nice metallic style fractal work., great stuff. Agree erland
Eleandras
Excellent!!!!
afugatt
I love the textures and colors!
Lipa
Confusing depth, excellent picture.