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 (25)
NekhbetSun
Love it...instant fave !
Persidio
Beautiful!!
koosievantutte
very fine reflection in this one.
mansco
so delicate and beautiful. Wonderful work ;O)
dhama
Nice texturing of a fine image. :-) 5+
cameraobscura2
Though I like your animal pictures, I prefeer the inward thoughtful kind as this one. Thank you for sharing. egmont
odie
A very touching image.
MrsLubner
A very beautiful and heart-felt (for me) image. Excellent.
danob
Wonderful image... Maybe say Kiss the other cheek for it may seem better tomorrow!
ascrazy
absolutely wonderful portrait, excellent artwork:-)
npauling
Very creative and a lovely reflection and effect. She does look so sad.
three_grrr
Love this gothic, moody, image! The reflection is superb, suggesting many things, rejection, turning back, leaving, all kinds of possibilites abound in this image.
alhak
superb work, you are definately a master at these
pixart1
Gun - you're the best in texturing images. Expressive stuff! - Great! v Spread your art to the world: ArtVoter
Valerie-Ducom
Fantastic work ! Good day :)
romanceworks
A great piece= she is like a stature so she doesn't have to feel pain.
kansas
Very beautiful. Love the reflection.
TwoPynts
Elegant melancholy.
magichild2
Really a great render.
Gaiadriel
Oh, Gun...brilliant! I think TwoPynts has hit the nail...an elegant melancholy. A poignant and evocative image, so beautifull done! :)
Hawk23
I really do love this style and your one of the best at it.
niek
This is very beautiful Gun. one can look at it in many ways. But i see introspective and nostalgia. That's the studio of the poet and this is her poem.
catmandennis
You are always on stride with your beautiful images. This one is no exception.
pteb
Reminds me of very old photographs a sort of patina that can only be made by time. Paul
Synari
Very genuflective and poignant. Self reflective.