BIO Hi, I am Gun Legler from Sweden. I live together with my cat Simon in a little village near Gothenburg On the outside I am old, but young inside :-) For so long I can remember, I have enjoyed expressing myself through any kind of art or craft. Until I was 40 I worked as a child psychologist and pre-school teacher, but after that I said goodbye to my profession and began studying at an art school. There I stayed for four years, mainly learning Graphic art (etching, dry needle and linoleum cut). I was a lousy oil painter, that medium did not fit me at all, watercolor I liked better. For many years I made collages of different kind, watercolor and textile. I grew up with a mother that sewed and a father that built violins, so I early fell in love with textures of many kinds. I have now abandoned making textile collages, but I realize that I work much in the same way with my computer art. I take a piece here and a piece there and try to make a whole of it. And I am madly in love with textures of all kinds, I can sit for hours just playing with different colors, textures and filters, making backgrounds just for fun (and for upcoming images). I work very much by intuition when I make an image, experimenting wildly with layers, textures, color and light. But the form is equally important, that�s what Graphic school taught me. I have seldom a clear inner image when I start creating, it is more a feeling I want to express. The process can be quite unconscious to me for a long time. The image gradually takes form, and become clearer to me. What I want with my images is to reach the feelings of the viewers, to make them look into their own inner being and respond in any way, regardless of which feeling is evoked.
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I am Gun's daughter Lena (zitalena@gmail.com). I am so, so sorry to tell you all that mom passed Tuesday morning, Feb 8 2022, Swedish time. No panic, no pain, no regrets. So peaceful. I tried to get a message about this on my moms latest picture, but now I can't find it. But now I have her computer and can log in. Please email me if you want. Thanks to all. Mom really loved the community!! Her gallery will live on. I have changed the address to mine, because me and my brother really would LOVE to keep her gallery open. Love to all.
Comments (17)
vlaaitje
what a wonderful colours.....this shows hidden pain to me.......excellent work again
cbender
a kind of idden pain.. a kind of masqued pain... anyway - i like this one too, dear gun... it's highly emotional...
addiek
Oooo she has the alien eye socket... I think I recognise the face... let see.....
niek
I had a beautiful comment on this picture for Gunsan but something went wrong while submitting it. Anyway, Gunsan has given us a hint of recognition to wonder about.
Eroticartist
Very creative piece...love your use of brushes and textures. We never know what to expect next! (: Beautiful!
fluffgirl
instand recognition..that this very creative piece of work is very good..beautifull..
Synapse
Oh Gun, I love the direct simplicity and restraint of this. This is one of those intangible things that would be hard to put into words, but you've done it so successfully in image. Well done here :-)
dragonfly2000
Totally perfect title for this work. I really relate to this simple evocative style. Bravo.
Kropot
Mood, excellence and mystery, real Gunsan.
Egmont
I feel it is reflective of your present state of mind and body. The high key lighting effect revealing only necessary information about the face and that it is nothing more than a shell of itself. Behind this mask is a person not ready to reveal herself to the outside. The wild and free brush strokes like the wind itself, are blowing away any reminders of the past. When nature has finished, she will step into the light of the suns warm golden rays, revealing herself to us.
Akinom
Trough a veail of pain but also wishes and dreams! Superb artwork, Gun! It really moving! *****
claridad
Technically, Gun, this is a truly successful work. Your color tones are so well concieved and applied. The abstraction of the characteristics are superb. Enough is not alway expressed by all the details. Now, the subjective! I see the woman coming to recognize the work of transformation occuring in her. The "hint" can be inspiring to go with the flow and cooperate with what is going on. Sometimes we can comply and patiently wait for the process to reach completion, and at other times we try to anticipate what is a mystery within the transformation itself, resulting in struggle. This is a totally beautiful work of art. ;)
logiloglu
great mysterious expression. a fascinating portrait artwork.excellent done,Gun #:O)
odie
Not really hiding..Only a hint that she is there, but that is all we get unless we are patient. :0)
cynlee
impressionistic sweep, the pinks give it an innocence :]
2Loose2Trek
Yes, a hint exists within this inscrutable image. Recognition involves knowing physical features as well as knowing the inner intrigue of being. I'll think about this image for a bit more -- I'm sure I'm missing some key point. Excellent work.
tibet2004uk
Oh spooky!!! A ghost appearing on a wall and with total black eyes!!! I also see a hand holding a knife!! I definitely watch to many horror movies! Creepy indeed but I love it!!!