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 (27)
Jennyfnf
Wheeeeee...I love this! It is so like a poem I once read about little boys going snail-like to school. All in a cluster, reluctantly dragging their feet, school satchels on their backs. Fine mastery Ed:-)
erlandpil
Great again erland
fractalbeke
Jeetje, Ed, da's een knappe.
Fractelaar
Heel mooi zowel kwa compo als kleurenkeuze
Titia
Perfect Ed ! Wat een mooie kleur en fantastische uitwerking.
claude19
"One note samba" is the title which come in my mind by looking at your AWESOME fractal picture !!! ARTWORK for sure !!!
mansco
This is getting better and better my friend ;O)
wannes
Schitterend abstract design en knappe kleuren! Uitstekend werk!
philuf
Superb textures and shapes choice!
Thetis
awesome beautiful
mountmous
Wonderful work, Ed. Lovely shapes, colours and textures. Can see rhythm in it, for sure.
missouri
What a great image, love the whole thing!
VDH
Schitterend compositie, design en kleuren prachtig!!
carlx
Wonderful composition, Ed!!! Love it!!!
Hafapea
Oooh, neat...it made me think of armadillos :)
Henny31
a fabulous one.. great of form and color..
renderix
super cool ed!
bpclarke
OMGosh! Gorgeous design and work. This has so much depth and personality. It must have been the Count's doing. :o)
XoxoTree
so pretty, love the hues and flow
Juliette.Gribnau
in een woord : Schitterend ! F
farmerC
Schitterende uitvoering met mooi kleurenpalet.
spiegel428
I like the rich colors and the subtle background texture echoing the golden shapes.
amota99517
Wow! This is gorgeous!!! I just love the colors.
afugatt
The lighting is outstanding! I love the colors!
3x3
lovely shape and tones x
three_grrr
When we are going out to the Hollow, the country gets very hilly .. and this is what I see .. Hills and Valleys .. such a beautiful visual.. wonderous colors and textures!!
Eleandras
Awesome!