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 (29)
carlx
Superb colors,details and composition, Ed!!! Fav!
Mondwin
Yes, really super!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
kareldg
Nice detailed fractal. And plenty of combs for the rest of your live ;))
Dindin
Ja ik zie de seagulls .Mooi scherp gerendeerd .
Fractelaar
Nice broken spiral Ed
Juliette.Gribnau
nooi scherp en contrastrijk, boeiende vormen in de spiraal, de meeuwen vliegen de vrijheid tegemoed
VDH
Origineel en creatief werk!
CarolSassy
I really like the comb-like details! Lovely colors 'n' depth! Nice shadowing! Excellent work! (:
kepp
i like this a lot really flying high
abstractix
Nice one, Ed. Love the details in this one.
jccj56
Awesome Artwork!!
SSoffia
COMPOSICION MARAVILLOSA & TEXTURAS BELLISIMAS!!!!!
Chromotron
beautiful flow and interesting shapes on this !! cool fractal work !
bpclarke
Spectacular! Love the shapes and colors of this. The added textures make this magnificent! Bunny
Lipa
and gills ;-)
kansas
A great spiral.
Henny31
an exceptional creation. For a fractal so much order and pure elegance..
afugatt
Beautiful colors and texture and interesting design.
Eleandras
Great Spiral.
amota99517
Beautiful design work.
saretta
Stylish and precious all gold design,looks wonderful!!:-)
mansco
splendid details and design ;O)
farmerC
SCHITTEREND WERK,ED.
miincdesign
Love that color and nice textures. Great job!!
Xantipa
Very beautiful work...superb
mps
Very pretty.
three_grrr
Wonderous sea gulls in a magical setting!
katy555
Excellent composition and nicely light!
Electralena
Very, very beautiful piece. Superb!!!