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 (18)
Synapse
A beautifully evocative piece Gun, and adding that extra bit of warmth was a nice final touch. Thanks for sharing :-)
ModestyB
hh...Very moody Work!! Splendid as alwasys, sweetie!!!
cbender
a wonderful one, dear gun... i really love the visualisation of light and shadow here... :) awesome!
bevchiron
I agree with Jim Gun that final touch of warmth you added works well, it gives the image even greater depth of feeling & heightens the striking atmosphere you created here! Excellent start to the theme, thank you ; )
NekhbetSun
Atmospheric, a bit eerie, but very cool !
Digimon
Not much to add to the spot-on comments, accept wonderful!
kansas
High emotional impact. So expressive. Wonderfully done.
froznlife42
Highly emotional feeling from this image. Very deep mood setting. My maternal instincts set in. I wanted to protect her and take away her pains. Very nicely done. It gets people thinking about the image. vote
wildfire2003
The light adds such depth against the darkness Gun, powerful and emotional work!
titta
Talking about movies... this reminds me of Dancer in the dark (Lars von Trier), both visually and by the atmosphere too. Deep and emotional picture, Gun; the light makes it all! :-)
koosievantutte
beautiful picture
parb1194
An excellent and very immotional piece.
Lost_Child
beautiful. very tenebristic and very emotional ~welldone~
claridad
I can feel the tension in the interaction of the characters. Powerful image Gun. The lighting is beautiful and adds to the emotional impact as it highlights the expression on the girl's face. Excellent image Gun.
SirIglesDremont
touching and moving. greatly expressive.
visionart
~Very Strong With So Much Emotion.Brilliant Artwork!~
royc8
Having looked at the orginal stock, I can really appreciate what you have doen with this Gun, lovely work.
borsy
Excellent!!