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.
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Comments (13)
Egmont
Our past and inabilitys to let go of it. Our love for that which no longer returns our affections and attentions. Our dependencies on that which comforts and makes us feel safe. Abandoning everything to start over actually does not exists. Our DNA and that which we have become cannot just be so simple discarded like a snake shedding its skin. We are who we are and we must find peace within ourselves. It is the only way to release the bonds which binds us.
yomah
Gun I know all to well the cold hard things that bind - I live this picture... -yO
dragonfly2000
Have to look at this one for while - very cool merging of elements well done.
vlaaitje
this is such a breathtaking image.....just wonderful
Kropot
Speechless, such a creamind, Gun youre Super.
tibet2004uk
I find this really gross!! Looks like a tortured body!! Mmmmh! Not quite I like this or not.......makes me feel uncomfortable!
claridad
Wonderfully creative Gun! OK, here's another take. One of the things that bind...us together is our empathy. With that we can feel each other's pain and give of ourselves to reach out and heal, at least the spirit. With that we can merge with the suffering around us, near and far. With empathy, we can become one with the other, and we can seek change, healing, justice. What a thought provoking image you have here Gun. Very special indeed. Excellent work of art! V
niek
There's definitely something dramatic going on here. With the information given from the picture you can wonder for hours ! I've seen this picture yesterday and I'm still wondering. What I like very much about this picture that is made out of nature(Stone-or given the impression that it could be stone)With simple things, around us, you can make beautiful pictures.
kansas
Amazing composition! Things that bind can be either painful or glorious. This image seems to depict painful bondage.
logiloglu
an expressive and deep touching artwork.fascinating textures and composition. #:O)
Akinom
Couldn't agree more to Gerhard!
mysnapz
Great mood to this image Gun, I like the feeling of confinement and restriction. For me the composition feels sad.
Synapse
Something very, very chilling about this, but in an almost matter-of-fact way. Agree with Jeff.