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.
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Comments (15)
kurtsart
What a dark, beautiful and moody piece! I love the colors and textures. Kudos!
koosievantutte
really, i know how you can feel when you are in that kind of mood gun. if not, the image would make it clear.
MrsLubner
And yet, this is a gorgeous and expressive image you've done. Remember, some of Edgar Allen Poe's and Mark Twain's (and other's) work was at its best when they were struggling to overcome adversity and illness. My cough seems to be increasing again. Very disheartening...
nongo
You've been sick a long time Gunsan, I've now had this cold for 3 weeks too!! So sorry your not feeling well. Being sick does suck the life out of you!!! Stay warm and drink lots of hot tea, with lemon of course!!! Very moody piece!!!!!
NekhbetSun
You'll be back before you know it !!! just keep thinking positive S Big Get Better Hugs
gunsan
Please don't think I am writing what I did, and made an image showing how I feel, is something did to get a lot of sympathy. I have found that trying to describe what I feel in words and image, breaks the stand-still. Like a stone that begin to move. For me is has to be in public. It does not help sitting for myself admitting these feelings This, I have found many times, helps me to move on with life. I also guess that it is a feeling everyone can identify with. It is something we all share, this glue you can find yourself stuck in. In sweden somebody wrote a song about an ant getting stuck in a big chewing gum,that somebody had spitted out on the ground. maybe it is a child song, I don't remeber, but I know the feeling :-) So to do something to break the deadlock, to describe your feelings usually helps you to move on. It works for me, usually. Maybe it works for you too :-)
kansas
Sorry you had pneumonia. Not an easy illness to get over. I know you are not looking for sympathy; just describing how you feel. I can identify with that feeling. Excellent work.
ARTWITHIN
I agree completely with your method Gun, I do the same and it is a big help. This image shows an igniting fire I think. Beautiful color and textures. Give a try at some creating each day and it will be like adding kindling to the fire. It doesn't matter what the result is, soon you will have some masterpieces shinning big bright lights in your gallery. Cool story about the ant and the chewing gum! Hugs! x:)
martingeorg
Now I have a bit more time Gun, you are so perfect right with your thoughts! And it is not easy to get out of the gum (what a great little story) and was myself often enough in this trap. But in the meantime I accept this as a part of the creativity process and while I stuck, I create something wich helps to solve this situation, to let it out. No doubt, it helps ;o) Hugs Gun!
mansco
A very expressive image, wonderful texture work ;O)
titta
an ant stuck in the chewing gum... that's such a great way to describe a very familiar feeling.:-) And somehow your picture shows something about that too, the textures and the colours are wonderful and then the artist herself is hidden in the dark - so actually you've managed to visualise so well the feeling that it must have already gone away, at least for a moment! You see, not even the long lasting pneumonia can defeat you! There's always that sparkle left, and it shows. All the best, Gun, and take good care of yourself. Lots of warming and healing hugs.
Rorsdors
Gundan your creativity is all there, this image is so powerful, and the colours are amazing.
vlaaitje
I know you feel bad, I feel so sorry for you, because you are a person that never complains, I know as well how pneumonia feels I have had that last year...hopefully you get better soon, so that you can enjoy the beauty around you, thank God you can create your work still that express so much....well done dear Gun
three_grrr
A fabulous image, very deep and dark. Yet there is hope .. in the bright colors, there is hope, and health. I think we all understand how our art helps us work through things. And I think most of us use it in that manner, to express our feelings.
amirapsp
Beautiful image!