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 (24)
alhak
they are really good shots, poor little guy just winded himself is all! nice collage of events
ARTWITHIN
It couldn't have fallen into better, more gentle and caring hands. I think the shots are wonderful, Gun. It is a beautiful collage. I wonder if it will remember you and come back to visit. Delightful to see how calm it looks, like it was your pet. I think you really made a new friend. Hugs, Suzanne
Tutte
Thanks for sharing Gun. This has happened to me many times and not usually with such good results. Often they break their necks, poor little things. Why it is important to have decals on windows to provide birds with a frame of reference. I think this could be a young Starling but I could be wrong not knowing birdlife in Sweden.
vlaaitje
thanks for sharing dear Gun, what a story, sad he/she had a smash against the window......thank god you took care of it, you made some lovely shots..I love that one against the sky the most......nice work
Mondwin
WOW...sooooooooooo a beauty and lovely compo my Dear!!!!bravissima!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
42n8
The poor bird he's lucky you were there to help him recover, what a perfect opportunity for you though, this collage is lovely so trusting a great connection to nature, he looks like a thrush to me but i'm no bird expert lol.
cameraobscura2
What an adventure for the both of you. Glad you had the forthought of grabing the camera. Thank you for sharing. egmont
koosievantutte
glad he/she made it - no idea what it is, all young birds look the same to me: charming
danob
He looks quite at home and knew he was in safe hands!
57thkafka
Lovely pictures. It's a thrush of some kind but doesn't look like one of the pan-european species, so it must be local to Scandinavia etc (by which I mean it's not one we see here in the UK). The bill colour makes me think it might be only recently fledged. Nice story and some great reminders there.
mansco
How lovely, Gun. For sure you made a new friend. Thanks for sharing this ;O)
annika_marie
This is great!! Very beautiful pictures!! :)
Firesnuffer
Poor little bird. Fortunate for him he had a soft landing spot and good hands to care for him! Excellent shots, you can almost see, in his eyes, the progression from a dazed expression to one of trust!
koogie
What a great progression! The collage is put together with great flow. How cool to spend the morining with a little bird. Life is such a great adventure!
magichild2
I love your collage, it's great you could get this little one to pose for you.
Valerie-Ducom
Oh so cute bird and very nice pictures of him in this collage !!! Good idea to take picture of him ! Good day and take care with the windows !
MrsLubner
I agree that this appears to be a very young bird and that probably accounts for its inexperience and its accident. I really love the photos. A wonderful story in pictures...
romanceworks
A lucky young bird to have such a caring rescuer - what wonderful shots and I'm so glad it recovered and flew away. CC
Margana
I'm so glad the little fella is alright. All too often, it doesn't turn out so well. :^( He was lucky to have 'landed' in your good hands...although that must have been quite a shock for you. Thanks for sharing these pics and your story with us. Ha en trevlig helg, vannen! -M :^)
wingnut55
i have no idea what it is, but birds in shock like this often recover, the best thing is bit of shelter, not too much light, and an opening out of which they can fly when they feel ready. a cardboard box will do (out of reach of any cats obviously).
bpclarke
What a fantastic set of shots. I'm glad he was lucky enough to have a protector while recovering. Superbly captured. Bunny
nongo
I had a similar thing happen to me only with a hummingbird, poor little fella just stayed in my hands for quite awhile, then flew off, I was relieved, as you must have been. Very sweet shots Gun!!!!!!! I'm glad it turned out ok...
npauling
These are wonderful clear shots even if you did only have one hand to take them. Great that you were able to rescue him. A lovely collage. I get quite a lot of birds crashing into my windows even though I have suncatchers to try to stop that happening. Most get up and fly away I'm glad to say.
helanker
OH Gun! This is a very lovely collage of this little bird. Smehow it was also lucky falling on you of all. Excellent :)))