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 (19)
NekhbetSun
Really very pretty !
CarolSassy
Very unusual, lovely texturing! Fantastic color mix! Gorgeous! (:
carlx
Dynamic and very beautiful composition, Ed!!! Lovely gradient and texture!!!
wannes
Het brush effect komt hier mooi tot uiting, knap werk!
Juliette.Gribnau
inderdaad een ietwat nostalgische sfeer, ik vind de beweging , vooral in de buitenste kleurranden erg mooi
claude19
WONDERFUL necklace !!! Great designs and colors !!!
Titia
A lovely classic.
Henny31
schitterend kleuren spel. super image.
melevos
PRACHTIG!!
VDH
Mooi van design en kleuren! Excellent Ed!!
polterbyte
Very nostalgic, indeed!
annie5
Beautiful texture & a great choice of colors! Stunning work Ed :)
novelist
I like the mother of pearl like sheen to this. Very nice work.
fractalbeke
UF heeft kennelijk voor jou ook geen problemen meer. Mooi werkje, Ed.
bpclarke
This is very different! The striations in the satiny textures lend a lot of interest in zoom too. Splendid work! Bunny
afugatt
Very lovely satin finish.
amota99517
This is very unique and intriguing. It looks like you have handmade satin roses in this. Splendid work!
Eleandras
Very beautiful!
three_grrr
Delightful antique!!