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 (26)
fractalbeke
Zo mooi, Ed. Het lijkt wel een polijste snede in natuursteen. Echt heel mooi.
mansco
That's a splendid inspiration. Wonderful work Ed ;O)
claude19
GREAT inspiration for this abstract concerning what in french we name "TROGLODYTES" !!! SUPERB
XoxoTree
strong and beauitiful
wannes
Indrukwekkend werk!! Erg knap geinterpreteerd...
Hafapea
Oooh, awesome :)
daali
goodddd work!
Jennyfnf
Wonderful image Ed. So Talis like with the little strands separating ther squares. I like what you have done here, and love the colours. Tukey is a fascinating Country with a great and long history.
Titia
Prachtig. Een mysterieuze grot met geheimzinnig licht.
carlx
Wonderful composition and atmosphere, Ed!!!
giovanino
Superb work! Xcellent development! 5+
zil2008
Lovely colors.
farmerC
Dit is fantastie's werk. Super.
philuf
Superbly done!
bpclarke
WOW! What a wonderful creation and inspiration. Excellent work.
Henny31
I almost missed this beauty.. excellent work.. thank you.
VDH
Creatief en mooi werk!
Dindin
Prachtig werk Ed ,het lijkt precies op die onderaardse grotten .
Fraxa
I really like fractals that are shades of one colour and this one is fascinating. The patterns and shapes are a very interesting combination.
kansas
Wonderful. I've seen pictures of underground dwellings. This is a fine image.
amota99517
Marvelous work!
afugatt
Beautifully textured!
whizstreet
I crawled/walked through Derinkuyu and wandered about the carved landscape around Göreme in Cappodocia back in 1985. Your image is nicely evocative of the area.
3x3
looks cool for sure x
three_grrr
Breathtaking beauty, I can see how that underground city inspired this!
Eleandras
Gorgeous!