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 (28)
Fractelaar
voornaam en deftig komt het eerst bij me op. heel mooi
carlx
Wonderful and very elegant night spiral, Ed!!!
CarolSassy
Gorgeous details, colors 'n' texturing! I really like the subtle lighting! Pretty pretty! (:
NekhbetSun
Another beauty and perfect title...love it !
claude19
As if all the stars of the Universe are in your picture !!!As Mina had written, Another Beauty with a perfect title !!! AWESOME !!!fav!!!
VDH
Mooie en originele fractal spiraal!
fractility
Excellent image! (:
fractalbeke
P R A C H T I G ... gewoon prachtig.
Juliette.Gribnau
een juweel !! a gem !!
leanndra
Beautifully dark and dramatic Ed, I love the dark marble background too!
farmerC
Exellent werk. Een topper.
annie5
Looks like precious jewel! lovely details & rich colors :)
pinktwister
jaw down! Absolutely stunning!!
daali
wonderful Ed!!
Beebee127
deliciously beautiful :)
amota99517
This is so cool!!!!
bpclarke
I love this one! It is elegant and beautiful. The forms are very different! Outstanding work. Bunny
three_grrr
exquisite! love the colors you chose
SSoffia
GORGEOUS DESIGN & COMPOSITION :)
novelist
Very classy design.
erlandpil
Another excellent image erland
mel841
Elegant!! Exquisite detail!
kansas
Excellent and very beautiful!
Titia
Een schoonheid.
afugatt
I love the coloring and texture!
FractalForum
Congratulations! This image has been chosen for the Fractal Window Weekly in the Fractal SubCommunity. You will find the announcement in the Fractal Forum.
zil2008
Wonderful piece.
Eleandras
Very elegant and beautiful!