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.
Proud to be featured on Check it out! My other galleries. http://gun-legler.artistwebsites.com/
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 (19)
Tutte
Fantastic and Fabulous Gun. I must admit I would much prefer to see it as an image without the text. There is an entire story written behind that eye.
vlaaitje
super...so as always....wonderful colours....love that green eye!! And yes I agree with Tutte..without the text it would be a cracker....
titta
Striking, elegant, beautiful! More than anybody can expect from a poster. I'd say it'd be a toatlly different work of art without texts; I can't say if one is better than another - but now as you chose it to be, it's a great poster with a great image in it. :-)
nikolais
tastely with the clear-cut message
NekhbetSun
Fantastic !!!! that eye speaks volumes !
ARTWITHIN
Beautiful and simple, with impact.
cildes
Superb!
niek
Beautiful texture of the skin and a perfect blendig.
devineydesignsllc
this is great!lov it!it really leads your eye through the compo, excellent work my friend!
Denger
Excellent graphic and layout -- I would however shorten the last line to just "2D Forum" for greater impact.
kansas
WOW! I REALLY like this. Potent message. Training the eye means training the brain IMO.
Margana
Excellent work,Gunsan.I can't imagine a better advertisement for the forum.It's beautiful and has a great slogan.Have a lovely weekend.-M :^)
mmirnii
thats awesome!!!
thecytron
Impressive presentation!
odie
Top notch work, again! :0)
magichild2
Your work is so amazing. This one truly speaks for itself.
nongo
You're such an inspiration to us all!!!!!!!!!! thanks Gunsan!!!!!!
Zacko
Sigh. You are unbelievable! I am ashamed of myself for not having added you to my favs sooner. Youre simply amazing!!!! As this image so clearly shows. Good grief, will ya look at that!!! Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gorgeous im at loss for words....sigh...siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!!! Mind sharing some of that talent? Huh huh? I could pay you in Rikskuponger, LOL. Beautiful work Gun. Ha en trevlig kvl...vad som kvar av den. #:O)
Vladivar
You've really had a great moment of inspiration. It's a kinda style I like best... Fantastic work!