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 (24)
tibet2004uk
Oh my!! I thought it was a photography!!! Gun my dear, U've managed to make those silly lifeless Poser figures look like a photograph!!! My hat off!!!
martingeorg
looks like the expectations seem to dissolve or somekind of dissapointment after crossing the borders. thats what i see. like it!
cbender
cool pic, dear gun... :) i really like it... it's very expressive... i especially like the "grid" you layed over her face... very well done!
Egmont
Your creativity shows no limits. This is fantastic Gun.
Digimon
Hey if you have Pascales vote, you're on to something!
Eroticartist
Beautifully designed as all of your work is. Great effects!
Fidelity2
Very nice composition.
kimariehere
no hardly none of us were able to it seems!! what a beautiful face adn i love what you have done with it!!!...wonderful stuff gun!!
lak
thumbs up on the realism of the face here...the image is nice and dreamy too!
ariannah
wow - haunting and most intriguing image...!
dragonfly2000
Yes, agree with Tibet, thought it was a photo. Personally I see great value in using poser et al, versus stock photos. With poser and this degree of work post-render it really is your image. Very well done.
sossy
emotionful and artistic masterpiece! thanks for this wonderful impression! ;o)
Akinom
Glad you made it back, too, my friend! Rita is right... a masterpiece full of emotion, a very artistic presentation!
addiek
nice detail work Gun
Ensomniac
So it was'nt just me... Nice work Gun, very good for the challenge.
dreamsosweet
This is so incredible, gun....an awesome use of Poser!
catmandennis
A great job! It is not easy to make poser figures look lifelike or real.
titta
Great dreamlike image For an artist like you it really doesn't matter what medium you use - what atters is the result, and this is a great image. Your unique and expressive, atmopheric style that poduces such beautiful art. :-)
logiloglu
wow, this is very beautiful and fascinating what you did Gun.the portrait has a wonderful expression and has a real personality. i like to work in DAZ Studio, its easier than Poser to use for me.very expressive and most creative artwork. TOP NOTCH #:O)
odie
Very interesting but rather sad looking. :0)
cynlee
great theme.. & well seen.. managed once to twist a figure up really well.. not so easy i agree.. & decided it was taking too much space on my hardrive.. :]
claridad
Gun, this is a magnificent abstract. Great use of Poser and creative imagination. This is one of my all time favorites. Excellent indeed. V
borsy
Beautifully done!!
Zabeth
you just captured the emotion! isn't it the ost important? Thanks