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)
kenwas
900 is a lot of work accomplished Gun. Congrats to you and lucky for us to have seen the work!
mysnapz
Congratulations on your 900th that is one big achievement, I take my hat off to you Gun, love your image made me smile at the end of an awful day.
titta
900! Congrats Gun! That's a real achievement! And your picture is so great - there's butterfly of course - but the cat takes my heart! Waiting for next 900 images from you, dear Gun! :-)
caviedes
Congrats on your 900th image!!! And this one is up to the task of been a landmarck it it lovely! Cantwait for the next 900s
kansas
Congratulations on "900" wonderful pieces of artwork! This is such a sweet image. Reminds me of when my girls were young, curled up on the bed with our cat. Love the butterfly.
mmirnii
its increadible how uve managed to post 900 wonderful images over the years.
vlaaitje
Congrats with your 900 image...wow what a lot.....this is really gorgeous..... love the mood in here
froznlife42
What a beautiful image!! There's so much warmth coming from it. Even the little kitty seems to be all happy inside. Fantastic!!! Congradulations on the "900" mark.
Tutte
What a prolific artist you are! No doubt it is because of your inner world that you have so much to express that benefits the rest of us. You provide a lot of insight into a tortured soul and I can't tell you how much your work means to me personally and that we can probably all relate to from time to time. The butterfly represents transition and that is what I have observed in the last year. You are moving into the light and 'God' bless you. Keep them coming Gunsan.
borsy
Excellent artwork!!
nongo
You are a true icon in this community Gunsan, I enjoy your work emmensly, for it's your inner vision that we all love about you!!! Thanks for 900 + 6 years of wonderful inspiring artworks!!!!!! hugs, my friend...
cbender
really beautiful, dear gun... :) like it... quite a lot to look at - and that "van-gogh-like" background's great... love that here... :) brilliant work!!! hugs christian
nikolais
another marvel in your gallery
ARTWITHIN
Congratulations Gun! Love the whimsey in this. Very fun image.
Denger
What's wrong with whimsy? Nothing!!! Excellent compo and textures; this beautiful young woman seems to be transmogrifying into a mermaid, or is it the other way 'round? Nice work!
Visual_Poetry_101
Congradulatioins my friend. Soon you will have reached 1000 and a true milestone.
TwoPynts
The butty was a must! ;o] I definitely think whimsy was the way to go for your 900th image. Congrats, that is quite an acheivement, and you have a body of work to be very proud of!
danob
Fabulous way to celebrate your 6 th Rendo Birthday my 4th the same day... but 900 images is some milestone!! You know they have all been good!
kenmo
Superb image.... Did you use Painter???
krominegray
900 images? Awesome! And danob says it well, they all have been good! Browsing through your art these past years has provided inspiration and serinity for me. Thanks!