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 (24)
carlx
Beautiful composition and splendid 3D background!!!
farmerC
Het is een plaatje. schitterend werk,ED.
CarolSassy
Wild abstract! Great colors 'n' texturing! Excellent work! (:
Juliette.Gribnau
schitterend ! F
rocserum
excellent work! Waard om groot geprint te worden! RS
Henny31
well done... love the pattern in the texture. Thanks for sharing it.
fractalbeke
Knap werk, Ed. Oogt zeer mooi met de verfijnde textuurachtergrond.
annie5
Great texture & colors! Superb abstract design :)
Eleandras
Beautiful composition!
leanndra
What a wonderful fractal Ed! I love that fine texturing!
bpclarke
I really like the forms and textures in this. Beautiful work. Bunny
amota99517
Very nice work!. I really like the texturing on your design.
afugatt
Excellent artwork!
Titia
Dat gegraveerde op die muur is ontzettend mooi. Een goede titel.
antares_arte
Splendid abstract. I like very much texture and the effect obtained by colors.
VDH
Prachtige textures en kleuren!
NekhbetSun
This is quite stunning and striking !
Dinhi
Another stunning composition, I got lost in the shapes in the back, incredible!
mountmous
Mooi! Love the texture; it's like writing on the wall.
dinner
Een lust voor het oog, Ed ! Fresh and delightful!
ElizaB
wonderful colours and textures
erlandpil
Another good work erland
three_grrr
Stunning textures again, and a wonderous design, beautiful colors you've chosen!
katy555
Beautiful fractal and fantastic colors…