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 (22)
fractalbeke
Een bijzonder mooi werk. De belichting is een absolute voltreffer. Prachtige textuur en blauwe kleur. 't Is er eentje om vaak èn met plezier te bekijken.
Titia
Heel erg mooi. Vooral de prachtig fijne structuur in de achtergrond.
carlx
Beautiful and pretty composition, Ed!!!
jmb007
magnifique image!!
3x3
lovely depht ed x
claude19
WONDERFUL creation with an excellent coloring ! I like the textures here !!!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent fractal!
farmerC
Exellent work.
peedy
WOW, beautiful. Great shadow work. Corrie
VDH
Prachtig werk, vooral de achtergrond vind ik heel geslaagd!
Fractal_Ken
Very nice pattern and outstanding texture.
wannes
Mooi in zijn eenvoud... knap werk!
Jennyfnf
I hate to think of all these beauties being hidden from view after we have seen them. Beautiful Ed. Julia looks as if she is ready to be wrapped in lovely greetings paper:-)
Henny31
absolutely gorgeous, especially the texture of the background..
kansas
WOW! Magnificent!
mountmous
Julia looks lovely against that blue background. Lovely texture too.
amota99517
Beautiful work!!!
afugatt
I LOVE it!
LindaMcC
Such a beautiful image. Superb design, colors and texture.
FractalForum
Congratulations! This image has been chosen for the Fractal Window Weekly in the Fractal SubCommunity. You will find the announcement in the Fractal Forum.
Manfred78
wonderful spiral shapes and a lovely texture make an excellent image!
Eleandras
Beautiful!