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 (28)
blinkings
Very cool!
ironsoul
Great texture, has a real antique feel about it.
vlaaitje
it shows so much expression.....love it..so as always!!
koosievantutte
as i said in the forum, i think it is a beautiful image and i love the texture
JuliaKretsch
Excellent work!
ascrazy
your textures are fantastic, superb artfeeling:-)
graemeb
Umber and gold go so well together and appeal to most that you almost can't go wrong when you use it and the face askes a question, well done.
LindaB
Wonderful image, great texture.
NekhbetSun
Love the texture, the colours and those eyes !!! wow !
odie
Stories come to my mind when I view your work. Thank you. :0)
kimariehere
amazing texture and moody work brilliant work of art as always gun!! EXCELLENT !!...
nongo
Wonderful golden textures!!! The mood is excellent too!!!!! Beautifully done!!!
idiot_sphinx
Hauntingly Beautiful !! Perfect effects and color !!!~BRAVO~!!!
Margana
Bravo to you,Gunsan.It's not easy to acheive this effect.But I'm not surprised that you have mastered it.You are so gifted,and I mean that most sincerely...This reminds me of a friend of mine's recent work,actually.She does special 'faux' painting in people's homes...and she has been doing something very similar to this on their walls,using plaster and scraping it away to show a hidden image.I know she would 'go nuts' over this.I could only imagine a collaboration between you two...sigh...it would be awesome!-M :^)
mansco
You did a great work here Gun, fantastic texture and mood ;O)
busi2ness
The eyes seem to be a portal to worlds of deep thought and emotion.
pixart1
Great material you created here!
kansas
The texture is marvelous. I agree, a thoughtful face/expression.
devineydesignsllc
I love textures,this is remarkable.
addiek
nice blending... well composed too
magichild2
Blending ...textures...yes all beautiful...a child hides behind the walls of pain in hopes to find peace. Phenomenal!!
thecytron
Brings out nostalgic emotions of Yesteryear!
saynothing
Great effect :) love the way it 'feels' like an old painting. very cool!
Synapse
Texture to die for! Well worth showing and there's that sense of the elusive that permeates your work.
ARTWITHIN
Wonderful color and texture Gun. It looks like the woman has broken through a veil of gold. Fantastic!
i-popba
Excellent texture Gun.!!!work..!! cool idea...well done.
erlandpil
A picture for me Very very nice erkand
Visual_Poetry_101
A dramatic change from the previous one that was so haunting. Now we are presented with one that has more optimistic. Thank you for sharing. Egmont