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 (18)
Juliette.Gribnau
vreemd... mooi kan ik het niet noemen, maar wél boeiend
VDH
Origineel!
carlx
Excellent strong texture and mood, Ed!!!
greyone
Unique design. Great textures and lighting.
wannes
Zeer artistiek en origineel gebruik van fractal met een verbluffend resultaat. Hoedje af voor je creativiteit. Uitstekend werk, Ed!!
farmerC
Prachtige vlakverdeling.
Shantam
Yes, this is unusual. Would fit very well in a modern interior. Is this with or without anti-aliasing?
claude19
Like an american urban life...the street are very straight !!!
peedy
Excellent! Corrie
chesscanoe
You've captured its essence!
Glendaw
Great image of a hanging tapestry. The colors are beautiful.
mountmous
Is urban life as structured as this? ;-)
annie5
For me this is a superb abstract design! Great texture and colors too :)
Xantipa
Wonderful..
LindaMcC
Wonderful textures! Cool and beautiful; a wall hanger, for sure! Excellent work.
afugatt
Gorgeous textures!
tresamie
Fantastic! This would look great on the wall :)
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