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 (16)
elmurray
What a very beautiful image this is and I love the crackled effect. A wonderful piece of artwork!
Margana
Beautiful and so much feeling and mood here. I love her pose and the way you've treated this image. Wonderful work, Gun. Aren't yellow roses for remembrance? I'm not sure...-M :^)
Erynn
Fantastic image :) Great colors and effect!
TwoPynts
Yes, those yellow roses! :) Imaginative and well crafted, as is your talent.
xxancroft
Nice Batik effect!
Gaiadriel
Incredibly beautiful creation, Gun...So, so lovely...and brilliant textural effects as well :)
romanceworks
So beautiful and bittersweet - to me the roses scattered on the floor symbolize heartache. CC
MrsLubner
This must be a day for yellow roses. This morning I saw that my good buddy, Flannelman, got LWITG with his stunning yellow rose and goodoleboy posted a gorgeous bunch of big, beautiful yellow roses today. This is a masterful image you have created. Excellent.
npauling
Lovely work with a different finish.
nongo
Another excellent image, reminding me of batik? beautiful Gun!!!!
nikolais
yep, a kind of batik...excellent!
magichild2
Just an amazing piece of work. Nice effect as well.
ascrazy
beautiful "classical gun", i like this style:-)
Valerie-Ducom
Woww, as always a very impressiv work ! Excellent :)
alhak
stunning image and colours, wonderful
three_grrr
So I looked up what yellow roses mean. Friendship, joy and gladness, it also means "I care about you, but don't want to see you naked" .. so did someone give her yellow roses as a message only friendship, not love? Or is she giving these to someone with that message? It looks like she received these, as they are strewn around her, and she appears to be hurt, or upset, or feel rejected. This beautifully done, and knowing now what yellow rose can imply in some situations, the crackle finish seems to indicate a broken relationship, or hurt. Very beautiful! Very moody.