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 (36)
erlandpil
Wonderfult again erland
Juliette.Gribnau
ik vind die vierkante iterations boeiend !!, het geheel is een genoegen om naar te kijken
Fractelaar
Mooi patchwork effect
mansco
Splendid abstract, cool colours too ;O)
fractalbeke
felle contrasterende kleuren vragen altijd de aandacht omdat het vlug fout kan gaan. In dit plaatje zit, naar mijn gevoel, kleurevenwicht en daarom vind ik het zeer geslaagd...zeker ook de patchworktekening. Goochelen met vlakken gaat je blijkbaar goed af.
Eleandras
Beautiful rainbow!
kgm
The colors are superb -- it does make you feel like a midsummer's day!
daffodilbaggins
Oooooooh! Very cool, Ed! I love the colors, and the texture's great too! This one goes to my fave list!
Lipa
As beautiful as it is warm and rich.
missouri
Beautiful colors and textures, super work!
annie5
Gorgeous abstract with nice texture and vivid colors! Cool one :)
novelist
An unexpected and gorgeous color combination. It looks like a modern art quilt.
rj2650
The colors look fabulous. Great job.
farmerC
Schitterende comb van kleur en evewicht. Fijn werk om naar te kijken.
carlx
The title perfect fits!!! Excellent imagination, Ed!!!
kimariehere
beautiful como~! love the colors and patterns!!!!
wannes
Creatief gebruik van fractal met een knap abstract als resultaat!!
-Josh-
I see many butterflys in your excellent creation !!
mel841
Texture, colors, design - awesome!!!
bpclarke
Awesome colors and textures! Splendid work. Bunny
amota99517
Wow! Cool colors and forms.
afugatt
Looks like a beautiful quilt!
fractalinda
Wonderful rainbow-colored abstract! I LOve the texture work. Superb!
melevos
uitstekend werk!!!!!
VDH
Prachtige kleuren en textures! Excellent Ed!
NekhbetSun
I love this !
CarolSassy
Gorgeous colors! Excellent texturing! Pretty details! (:
kansas
Beautiful spiral design. Thrilling colors. The texture looks like crumpled paper.
BloodFlowers
Ohhhh! j'aime beaucoup cette image ...splendide
e-brink
A very beautiful image!