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 (32)
1ruth
This is so wonderfull. I love it
koosievantutte
you could have guessed i love the colours, but it's not just that. the blending with the background is fabulous! the mood is great! 5+
zachary
Superb artwork^^
ARTWITHIN_II
Beautiful and mystical, Gun. Excellent work!
DarkStormCrow
Excellent image, outstanding work..
e-brink
A very beautiful portrait. Excellent technique!
huismus
Beautiful artwork!
romanceworks
Unique and lovely.
helanker
Thank you Gun, we got also here a lovely weather, but I am standing in my kitchen and frying tons of Kødboller for tomorrow :( What a lovely image you have created. Beautiful indeed.
Mousson
brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nikolais
Brilliant work, so soft and delicate.Happy 1st of May, Gun. Nikolay
Fidelity2
Good job. 5+.
Bossie_Boots
Oh my word incredible superb work hugs lou x
mansco
Lovely subtle tones. Really nice my firend ;O)
kimariehere
WOW what an outstanding work you have done here i love all your creative details!!!.... exceptional artistic qaulity as always gun!!!
npauling
Very beautiful work with wonderful textures and colouring.
nongo
Thanks for the wishes we need it here!!!!! beautiful image Gun!!!!!
hipps13
simply beautiful warm hug, Linda
Littlejock
Super artistic my friend
carlx
Looks dreamy and wonderful!!!
Nurzu
beautiful!
danob
Stunning back to your very best Gun!!
magichild2
Beautifully done.
fractalinda
Beautifully accomplished. Excellent work, Gun.
odie
Just lovely.
JaneEden
Another superb artwork dear Gun, hope you are well my friend, hugs Jane xx
ekatz
beautiful mood and atmosphere
philuf
You do amazing work! This is pure beauty!
mayuan
you have merged a very winsome even subtly yearning soul with rich lights and a dissolving sense of mystery. For all her sense of reaching and reflection, she seems surrounded by hints of great beauty and illumination. Your whites feel luminous, and her hair is like big earthen reds radiating through the mists. A touching portrait, and very painterly as well.
Longrider
I really like the mood and atmospere form your images gun,they always make me wonder and take me away..thank you.