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 (27)
koosievantutte
very fine image again, gun.
Kartika
Superb artwork!
alhak
so beautiful, soft and tender...wonderful image
NytsMom
very soft and delicate pose. great dress of course it's yellow! awesome image.
carlx
Wonderful!!!!!!!
romanceworks
Very lovely. I like how the folds of her dress mirror the background.
MrsLubner
gogeous! so soft and appealing!
odie
I like the shimmer that draws attention to her face. Very well done.
kuerbote
Beautiful! It looks almost like opaque textured glass.
JillianElf
Beautiful effects and texture. I love the yellow.
HADCANCER
love the fx
mansco
How lovely and evocative work. Really nice my dear friend ;O)
vlaaitje
wow, again a beauty with such a loveley charisma
pteb
Again I wish I hadn't overworked the superlatives. You are having a purple patch.
kansas
So lovely!
MarciaGomes
FANTTICA OBRA.++++++++5
magichild2
Very nicely done.
npauling
The texture is beautiful on this lovely portrait. I love the draping to that dress.
tofi
What a lovely portrait! The young lady is so beautiful, and evokes such tranquility and peacefulness. I love the colours; blend in so well with one another... so soft and so delicate indeed. I love the background you've chosen. Really brings out the perfection of the skin tones of the young lady... A very beautifully angled pose. Clearly, you are extremely talented, with such masterful artwork!
ARTWITHIN
Beautiful work. She looks as if she is coming through the wall from another dimension. I love the gold colors in her clothing. I think this image begs for a story. My imagination is working overtime. Excellent artwork. Hugs, sis! Suzanne
Zorg1955
Wonderfull work !
Nurzu
beautiful girl in gold :)
acquilon
beautiful postwork bravo
nikolais
one of my latest favs definitely...smart is the word
Valerie-Ducom
Very fine texture and color on this work ! Excellent and glamour result ! Good day :)
ascrazy
wonderful portrait, superb artfeeling, i like one:-)
Woormius
Suggestive and sweet! I see this one after having seen the variation on the theme done subsequently. Is idea of mine that this one seems little bit more suggestive than the other. Bravo!!!