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 (20)
claridad
Wow! You do a wonderful job on your paintings. The eyes of this cat are so alert, peering out from it's shelter. Excellent work Gun! V
kimariehere
beautiful painting work!! fabulous!!... what a pretty kitty cat!!.. love your painting talent Gun! V
kenwas
Fine work Gun!
wildfire2003
You are fantastic Gun! This is beautiful and the eyes and details are stunning!
froznlife42
What a beautiful kitty. It reminds me of our dearly departed Samantha. Poor dear was just too old and was suffering. We did the humane thing. Do you believe in reincarnation? Because I swear Sammy is back now in our little Sunny. She acts just like Sammy did. It's kind of creepy at times. You're a very talented person.
miztere
superb draw!! perfect
CATMANDO
Love your technique. You have done a fantastic job painting this cat.
Digimon
What a fantastic portrait!! And a wonderful gift! Your friend is very lucky to know such an artist!!
parb1194
Fantastic work and quite beautiful.
odie
Just lovely. I think this feline resembles the beautiful Ilona in some ways! :0)
tibet2004uk
I'm impressed at ur talent Gun!!
hecate61
Super portrait!
vlaaitje
Gun, this is really gorgeous, her eyes are so bright !! I saw all your other paintings of animals, cats, birds, horses.......and all are fantastic....you are a real sensitive artist I like a lot. That's why you can use all my animals shots if they are good enough for your awesome work....Ilona
Sympho
Beautiful cat's portrait. ++ Cyrille :)
addiek
soft render... so much like cat fur. Cool work Gunny
kansas
A wonderful cat portrait. Beautiful painting work.
Georgy
Simply beautiful!!!!!!!!!!
zina
Excellent cat portrait - well done!
cynlee
purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :o)))))))))
Synari
You're amazing!