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 (25)
missouri
Through a glass, darkly.......an interesting and well done image. Beautiful
Tanglimara
Wonderful colours and textures in this great fractal. Tony.
Fractelaar
Mooie zachte sandtexture en leuke kleurtjes
VDH
Origineel van kleuren en textures! Excellent werk!
carlx
Wonderful colors, forms and composition, Ed!!! The canvas texture a bit strong my taste!
iceberg5
The canvas texture is extremely well done and certainly adds it's distinctive flavour to your fine image !
fractalbeke
Zeer mooi Ed, ook de structuur past er wonderwel bij...evenals de titel.
amota99517
What great colors you have in this piece. Like the canvas texture too.
annie5
Your colors are superb and texture too! Absolutely magnific :)
novelist
So interesting and unusual. I love the texturing.
bpclarke
Vibrant colors and exciting design. Excellent work. Bunny
rj2650
Really cool colors and effects. Beautiful image. Great job.
daffodilbaggins
Interesting abstract, and texture!
Henny31
so very pretty and specially the texture.. Well done..
SSoffia
WONDERFUL DESIGN & COLORS :)
NekhbetSun
I like it !...love the texture too
CarolSassy
Fantastic colors 'n' details! Loving the colors 'n' texturing! Excellent work! (:
Juliette.Gribnau
inderdaad iets heel anders.. boeiend lijnen/kleuren spel, vloeiend en beweeglijk en statisch tegelijk; mooie kleuren en textuur !
farmerC
Exellent werk ED. Mooi van kleur en textuur.
erlandpil
I love it It is beautifult erland
leanndra
Wow, this is so colorful and I love the canvas effect too!
Eleandras
Lovely colors and texture!
afugatt
I love this!
three_grrr
Marvelous piece, well chosen colors and design to entice the eye!
Lipa
Warm canvas.