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 (22)
alhak
i love the dark colour and mood to this...hauntingly beautiful, fabulous work
Oncekilled
Magnificent visualisation of a very abstract state of mind !!! Outstanding interpretation and execution of the idea !!! Brilliant work !!! Fav !!!
fastburn
Very cool pic!
cameraobscura2
It is often that one should lose ourselves, only to regain and find ones bearing. Thank you for sharing. egmont
npauling
Great concept, sometimes we need time out on our own. Lovely effects.
jocko500
spooky looking. wonderful made
tofi
Marvellous image! I love the idea of the "faceless" man. Eerie indeed, but very visually satisfying. Further, the idea of the "cracked" individual can have so many meanings to it. I think this image creates a lot of thought and screams of pain. A superb image--one that is not only beautifully composed but thought provoking and very metaphoric at the same time!
MrsLubner
Lovely work and good color choices.
rudiruth
thought provoking image
ascrazy
next fantastic image, thanks:-)
NekhbetSun
Kind of eerie, but so well done !
romanceworks
Very original concept and beautiful presentation. We are all part of life and nature's tapestry. CC
elmurray
What a wonderful piece of artwork this is. Bravo!!
nikolais
a great metaphoric work!
Valerie-Ducom
So impressiv and very nice mood in t6his work ! :)
TwoPynts
Haunting work, it really places the viewer within and causes a sense of unease. As always, I am impressed!
magichild2
Great piece of work.
three_grrr
It's so easy to lose oneself, to wonder where did one went and how to get one's self back. Today's world especially is so complicated and so difficult to manuever through without losing touch with one's own soul. This seems to sat that to me. A wonderful concept, and especially so in that it allows many interpretations, depending on where the viewer is, or what perceptions he/she has.
Gaiadriel
A personification of Woman Obscura, Gun...And, therefore, the blurring of her face is positively perfect! Yet another intense and gorgeous piece. So, so beautiful :)
Hawk23
I agree with Alhak, hauntingly beautiful.
nongo
Incredible, powerful, imagery Gunsan, as only you can do!!!!!! Brilliant work!!!
pteb
I do like your darker images. Paul