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 (22)
Juliette.Gribnau
this beautiful work absolutely deserves to be zoomed !! what an enjoyment to look at it.. and when zoomed, it seems brighter and lighter. Great job Ed !
carlx
Wonderful gradient, texture and flowery mood!!!
mansco
Lovely tones and design ;O)
Fractelaar
Heel mooi texturewerk Ed en wederom deftig gekleurd :-)
VDH
Mooi kleuren en bloemen!
NekhbetSun
Ohhhh I love this one !
daffodilbaggins
Ooooooooooooh!! NICE! fave
leanndra
These are just breathtaking Ed! Love them!
bpclarke
Such nice textures and folds in this glorious beauty. Magnificent work. Bunny
annie5
Magnific creation..love your nice colors and subtil texture too! :)
fractalbeke
Bijzonder fraai gemaakt, Ed.
fractalinda
Oh so rich! Wonderful texture. Beautiful work!
wannes
Akkoord met iedereen hierboven aangaande de texturen en kleuren! Knap werk!
farmerC
Ook deze is weer een toppertje,ED.
Electralena
Another gorgeous work, Ed!!!
Eleandras
lovely composition!!!!
amota99517
This is an awesome image with such wonderful colors. It looks like rich hand crafted leather. Beautiful work!!!!
Lipa
Another great looking plate.
afugatt
Very nice!
claude19
EXCELLENt play with green colors ! Wonderful design and always beautiful texture !
CarolSassy
Amazing depth 'n' colors! Excellent texturing 'n' lighting! Pretty! (:
clam73
nice gradient....lovely fractal work!