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 (24)
ontar1
Been there done that, great image, excellent work!!!!!
Erynn
Amazing dark image!! Incredible work :)
ARTWITHIN
You truly captured the terror of a nighmare in this, sis! Excellent work! Hugs and love, Suzanne
Hawk23
Great capture Gun. It looks like a couple I have had.
JaneEden
I've been having nightmares lately, and you hit the nail on the head with this one - amazingingly DARK!
Fidelity2
Very well done. 5+.
mansco
Splendid and strong work. Wonderful work ;O)
huismus
Very imaginative picture Gun. Splendid.
acquilon
beautiful realisation brava
NekhbetSun
Whew, looks like one of my dreams...well done Gun !
MrsLubner
A stirring image.
Valerie-Ducom
Excellent ! Good day :)
npauling
You really have captured a nightmare here. Excellent work.
Gaiadriel
Ravens, ravens...everywhere. Whewwww! What a haunter..the sort that rattles about in the self for too long..Splendid work, Gun! :)
alhak
excellent dramatic image!
nongo
Very intense and disturbing image... perfect for a nightmare!!!!!!
MUSEWORX
Fantastic composition!
romanceworks
Yes, I have been in this dark place.
kansas
A great and dramatic expression of a nightmare. Sometimes the visions of nightmares hang around for days. Disturbs ones ability to feel right.
Margana
Haunting...You have truly captured the essence of a nightmare, here, sotnos. Brilliant and evocative work, my friend.
kimariehere
incredible haunting and spooky mood !!! amazed at your art once again!!
three_grrr
My nightmares have never contained birds or animals. It's people that ruin my dreams, LOL! This is a haunting image, though, eerie, weird, and really gets the feel of a nightmare across!
ascrazy
the expression of the brush, movement, apparent getting rid of the colour, texture, all you used this to the construction of the amazing mood magnificently, the really fantastic work:-)
pteb
I usually like your dark ones and this is no exception. It gives a sense of raw force with no morality. I really like the birds.