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)
Eleandras
Pretty image!
mel841
Cool design! Love the neon XF!
3x3
lovely tones and gnarl work Ed
carlx
Wonderful gnarlies, Ed!!!
farmerC
Schitterend werk Ed. Mooie kleuren.
Fractelaar
Mooie structure variatie
Juliette.Gribnau
wow, dat zijn mooie gnarlies !!
fractalbeke
Wat ik aan de bovenstaande commentaren nog kan toevoegen is dat het weer eentje geworden is om "U" tegen te zeggen.
kleinhoon
Een prachtige gnarl creatie met fijne kleurtonen..!!
claude19
What is a Gnarl ??? I don't know, but I like very much this silver iridescent surface of the forms. AWESOME design
VDH
Prachtig van design en kleuren!
annie5
Ed..this is absolutely gorgeous! Great colors too. Super abstract :)
bpclarke
Breathtaking beauty! Super gorgeous gnarly pleasure. Love the textures and lighting on this beauty. Bunny
amota99517
Beautifully done! Love the colors and the satin like shimmer.
erlandpil
Very good again erland
three_grrr
Oh how wonderful! The individual gnarlies are like people sitting around a table with their cups of coffee and tea, chatting with each other!
afugatt
Gorgeous! I wonder what they are saying.
daffodilbaggins
Very nicely done, Ed!
mansco
I love three_grrr's comment ;O) Splendid once again!