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 (19)
cameraobscura2
Children make such lovely subjects and once again your post work is super. Thank you for sharing. egmont
koosievantutte
lovely image
Margana
I love the softness of this. Your work is always such a pleasure to see, Gun. -M :^)
HADCANCER
blown away..wow
mansco
Wonderful work as always ;O)
romanceworks
Wonderful softness - love how you've captured her playful sweetness. I'll bet Mama loved this lovely image of her Elvira. :o) CC
MrsLubner
adorable portrait. a real giggler!
nongo
Soooooooo sweet... this little cutie!!!!!! excellent work Gunsan!!!!
npauling
Beautiful work on this lovely portrait.
visionart
Excellent!!
ARTWITHIN
I really like how outer edges are looser and blend in toward the inner detail. What a cute little girl. Great work, Gun! Hugs,Sis, Suzanne x:)
alhak
wonderful portrait
vlaaitje
how wonderful she is, gorgeous work once again
folkvangar
Excellent!!! =D
magichild2
Adorable
Claywoman
wow sooo sweet!
kimariehere
how darling this is ...i adore it sweet and heartwarming to see!!
amirapsp
So Precious...
point_poser
Absolutely beautiful. I love how you captured the fuzzyness of the blanket. did you put a texture filter over the image? This is only my own preference but I would have liked to see more of your brushstrokes in a less carefully blended image. thanks for sharing, its amazing all the same!