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 (23)
3x3
lovely gnarl work Ed
carlx
Wonderful gnarlies, texture and blue atmosphere!!!
mel841
Cool surrealistic fractalscape!
erlandpil
Another good work erland
wannes
Schitterend, de manier waarop kleur en vorm in elkaar vloeien! Uitstekend werk!
eldana07
Nice work!thanks for sharing !
fractalbeke
Zeer geslaagd en mooi vorm gegeven. Een plaatje waar men niet zomaar aan voorbijgaat. De vormen zijn grillig, maar opgebouwd met een welbepaald 'geometrisch' patroon. Mooi stukkie, Ed.
VDH
Creatief en mooi werk Ed!
claude19
SUPERB ABSTRACT !!! SPLENDID reliefs and colors !!!
farmerC
Hier is veel te ontdekken. fijn werk om naar te kijken.
Hafapea
Ooh cool - great textures :)!
Markske
Dit is een schitterend plaatje, zeer mooi kleurgebruik en vormgeving!
BloodFlowers
En français ...je dis que c'est simplement beau
Juliette.Gribnau
schitterend en subtiel; prachtige kleurtoon.. F
kleinhoon
Doet me denken aan een woelige zee....prachtig van kleur!
Eleandras
Beautiful color and design!
bpclarke
What an outstanding gnarly landscape! Must have in my favs!!! :o) Bunny
mansco
I just love it ;O)
amota99517
Gorgeous work!!! The lighting and texturing are stunning.
afugatt
I love the colors, shapes and textures!
kansas
Very, very attractive. Looks like the moon is trying to shine upon the sea.
dinner
Klasse !
three_grrr
My most favorite type of flame, gnarls! This one is so beautiful, and so like a nigth landscape! The soft blues are so perfect with the moonlight!