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 (23)
Mondwin
Impressive and cool design....bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma. Merry Christmas to You!!!!!!!!
M2A
Beautiful design, i like the idea for colorization.
CarolSassy
Mysterious 'n' lovely! Fantastic details 'n' depth! Excellent work! (:
Fractelaar
Hele mooie FE zoom Ed minimaal colorpalet is boeiend
claude19
The choice of the colors make the design very dramatioc, even it is a minimalist picture !!! SUPERB !!!
wannes
Voor sommige is deze tijd vh jaar een beproeving, voor anderen een feest... Knap werk!!!
Juliette.Gribnau
harde tijden, ... of donkere tijden... mooi boeiend en een beetje duidter
missouri
Hard times are here for a lot of us, and your dramatic image illustrates that well.
fractalbeke
"Eenvoud siert de mens" wordt wel eens gezegd. Is in deze ook toepasselijk op deze "Hard Times" fractal. Doelbewust somber gehouden denk ik.
annie5
Very dramatic image that i like! Original and different..well done :)
farmerC
Vind dit heel mooi werk. Supergoed.
carlx
Deep and wonderful composition!!!
VDH
Inderdaad de kleuren zijn een beetje somber, net als de vooruitzichten!
three_grrr
Yes, a very dramatic image to represent the hard times all over our world. I see trees, and they appear to be torn up by their roots, very symbolic
leonie
Excellent render Ed. Thanks for posting.:D
bpclarke
Dark, moody and beautiful! Bunny
kansas
Excellent! I like the title too.
Eleandras
Beautiful!
kleinhoon
Een hele toepasselijke fractal in deze tijden...klasse..!!
mansco
This is deep and moody. Love it's feeling ;O)
afugatt
Wonderful mood.
amota99517
This is a deeply passionate art piece. Beautiful work!
NekhbetSun
Fave !