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)
carlx
Fantastic image!!! Happy New Year to You, too!!!
Minaya
Very nice work! Have a healthy and creative New Year 2010!
Dindin
Mooi en vrolijk .A Happy 2010 to you too !
clbsmiley
Ooo!!!! Very Pretty!!!
CarolSassy
Gorgeous frac! Happy New Year! (:
miincdesign
Nicely done! Love the spirals and colors!
Fractelaar
Mooie kleurschakerings Deftig kleurenpalet :-)
jmb007
magnifique image bonne annee to you too
Juliette.Gribnau
gelukkig nieuwjaar Ed !
fractalbeke
Zeer mooi plaatje om het nieuwe jaar mee te beginnen en... merk ik nu al dat de Paaseitjes er over enkele maanden ook weer zijn :-)))? In de full size heb ik vooral de spiralen weten te bewonderen. Donkere voorgrond bewerkstelligt het dieptegevoel.
Henny31
excellent creation, great beginning for the new year. I wish you lots of inspiration and hope you share it with us.. ;-))
claude19
mon kunstenaar lieve vriend ... Ik hoop dat je nog verbazen dit jaar, met uw getalenteerde creaties! Imon dear artist friend ... I hope you'll still marvel this year, with your talented creations!!
Fractal_Ken
Cool composition. It makes me think of undersea plants.
farmerC
Pracht van een Plaat. Mooi kleur gebruik.
e-brink
A fascinating, wonderful world. Nice work indeed! Have a Very Happy New Year!
wannes
Speels en frivool design, mooi werk!! Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
LindaMcC
Happy New Year to you & Will, Ed! A very beautiful image and excellent work.
3x3
lovely work ed..Happy newyear mate x
kleinhoon
Prachtig werk met een mooie diepte erin..!!
VDH
Sprankelende figuur, passend bij het nieuwe jaar!!
amota99517
Outstanding work!
afugatt
Gorgeous!
renderix
wonderful piece ed! same to you;-)
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.
daali
Happy New Year to You, too!!!
three_grrr
Beautiful! Halos of light and sunshine and winter plants in the field ..
Eleandras
Wonderful!