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)
Angelsinger
Beautiful and dreamy... Love the painted feeling of this image.
borsy
Beautifully done!!
caviedes
Lovely Image
mac4gman
The model is lovely and your render is to die for - bravo!
kimariehere
i love those words where shadows are still alive.. that is the thing about old family homes the ghost still live on in memory anyways .. your workds are deeply felt and i am moved by your wonderful painted image !! beautiful work gun!!.. as always !!
Zacko
Sigh....such a gorgeous painting Gun. Very emotional. I cant belive youre doing this on a computer...im soooo amazed! #:o) Ha en trevlig helg!!!!
ARTWITHIN
Seems to be our lifelong journey, to travel toward wholeness for as many lifetimes as it takes. Very haunting image, excellently done.
mansco
This is so dreammy and has a wonderful mood, reall great, Gun ;O)
jimw1
Excellent work
nongo
You hold extreme talent my friend, and I'd like to thank you and support you anyway possible!!!!!! you are amazing!!!!! your work shines through you!!!!!!!
creanum
Super ambiance, i like.....
pops
awesome
claude19
A true environment in Edgar Poe... old residences peuvnet to forget their past, from where phantoms the night...
Visual_Poetry_101
Very contemplative indeed. Thank you for sharing.
logiloglu
pressive and mystic artwork.emotional very touching ! an original Gun, again i am impressed by your artistic skill ! #:O) ^^^^^^^^
seothan
Beautifully done,dreamy and sublime.Imprints of time exsisting as yesterday and are with us as shadows indeed.As always,deeply insightful and truthful Gunsan.
A_Sunbeam
"Where shadows are still alive ..." beautifully captured.
Denger
Great impressionistic image!