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)
Kartika
Outstanding composition!
President_apa
Looks evil. Sweet!
Bossie_Boots
Superb work hugs lou x
acquilon
fantastic
MrsLubner
very touching
npauling
Lovely creative work and the texture looks super.
romanceworks
A most intriguing image. CC
ontar1
Beautiful work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HannaK
Very expressive, I feel the aching painful disappointment
koosievantutte
great image, gun.
HorseFlesh
Nice texture and layering work! I think this is right up my ally! Ryan- __ .:Cinema4D R10.5:..Adobe PhotoshopCS2:..Corel Draw SuiteX3:. “If you think a weakness can be turned into a strength, I hate to tell you this, but that's another weakness.”-Jack Handy
huismus
Very beautiful artwork. Well done!
mansco
Splendid cracks effect and textures ;O)
NekhbetSun
Nicely done and love the texture !
Valerie-Ducom
Fantastic work on this image and the texture is awesome ! Excellent my friend ! Good day :)
juca
I love it!! Perfect fusion!! Great composition!!
magichild2
Great textures ...very nicely done.
stolta
Really great work !!!!!
three_grrr
Wow. A little scarey, one wonders what is happening to her safe world.
kansas
She seems to symbolize all the innocents in the world today as everything seems to be shattering around them/us.
nikolais
whever your safe world cracks, perhaps you've done something wrong... great work, Gun!
pteb
Very good image. It has a strong impact.
blankfrancine
Powerful work.The fragility of our sense of reality and order.
XoxoTree
sets many emotions up and down. in and out! outstanding artistry. love this.