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 (23)
catmandennis
A most lovely image and beautiful model.
kimariehere
what a most intriguing and beautiful work love the mix here ... brilliant work of art gun!! love this!!! what a mood look at her eyes ... awesome !
MUSEWORX
Fabulous composition!
acquilon
dear gun is really amazing your artwork fantastic specially the model portrait bravissima
nikolais
you certainly have added more value to this capture in the Gothic style.great postwork as always.
mansco
Lovely composition. Love the dove and it's symbolism ;O)
huismus
Lovely work Gun. A very lovely mood of innocence.
NekhbetSun
Beautiful S
Valerie-Ducom
So beautiful image and I like the expression of eyes on this lady ! Good day :)
Hawk23
Very nice work Gun !!
alhak
superb image, she's looks so dark and mystical ...
JaneEden
So peaceful and gentle, lighting is perfect, and love the way you have combined the softness of the girl and the dove, with the more structured gothic style of the background.
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent and creative work....!!! Great lighting effects and very good environment....!!!
TwoPynts
She offers up peace. What a serene yet grand image, intimate yet formal. All of the elements work very well together.
thecytron
Awesome! Love the FX!
kansas
A startling image. She is dressed in a dark robe and offers us a white dove. What is her motive? A contrast of colors and implications.
npauling
I love how you have the dove standing out so well against the dark model and then the background matching so well. Great lighting too.
SSoffia
GORGEOUS !!!!!
three_grrr
Hmmm. Yeah, I was looking at the dark girl, dressed in black, looking somewhat mysterious, a teensy bit menacing almost, seemingly beckoning us to come closer. Yet she is offering a white dove. Or is she offering? Is the dove merely bait to draw us in? This is fantastic! Love the gothic-ness of this, the almost eerie feel of it. Especially after thinking oh, how pretty .. and then studying it more, in the full view!
Margana
I like how 3D this looks. Great sense of mystery in this, Gun. Moody and intense...You always amaze and surprise me with your creativity! Ha en underbar helg, sotnos. Stora kramar! -M :^)
magichild2
Very nicely done.
Gaiadriel
Both light and dark...just as it should be...and always is. Balance therein. Stunningly evocative work as always, Gun :)
pteb
The dark and the light. The light emerges from the dark. In a sense it needs it.