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 (22)
carlx
Beautiful earth tones, textures and light, Ed!!!
mansco
A very special design and I really love it's tones ;O)
Juliette.Gribnau
heel sterk, mooie kleuren en een "organische" uitstraling
fractalbeke
Bij het lezen van de titel dacht ik meteen aan een zwierige fractal met spiraal... en dat bleek nog waar te zijn ook. Wat is ie mooi en scherp gerenderd. Ook weer de achtergrondstructuur die gunstig op mijn netvlies inwerkt.
Fractelaar
subliem texture en kleurenwerk Ed doet me denken aan een paar slangen in gevecht .Heel mooi
ledwolorz
Beautiful colors and work.
VDH
Originele spiraal, zowel van design,texture als kleuren!
claude19
WONDERFUL creativity ! It seems to me a celeb scene of "DUNE" !!!What a delice for my eyes !!! Thanks dear Artfriend...UF is a wonderful daemon for me !!!
jmb007
superbe
Jennyfnf
You know what I see here? A spiral of Mussels - my favourite food, straight from the sea. You achieve some amazing textures in your Fractals Ed, and this is no exception. In fact I feel quite peckish now...:-)
wannes
De kleurtonen en vooral het dynamisch effect zijn opvallend!! Uitstekend werk!
renderix
cool ed!
Titia
Krachtig werk. Scherp-onscherp. Kleuren. Texturen. Heel mooi.
alida
nice work
bpclarke
I am speechless. I have to fav it. WOW!
XoxoTree
the is stunning dear, love the power of the slope
amota99517
Fascinating work! I love the wood grain like textures and colors.
farmerC
Exellent werk Ed.
afugatt
This is gorgeous! I really love what you're doing.
3x3
looks pretty cool x
waldodessa
Beautiful art!
Eleandras
Fascinate image!