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 (17)
Smallreddog
I feel thta we need to believe in these things and others also. Keep these truths close to our hearts and souls and try to use them every day. Its not always easy, but something worthwhile rarely is.
huismus
Crying out loud in the desert I think. Money, power and not knowing is a problem also. Beautiful artwork!
vlaaitje
I have watch it as well more than once.....and it is very touching for sure...but we live in a world which can be hard to survive.....LOVE is a big word these days.....people are selfish.....or not honest....or change in different ways......I feel so sorry for all incest victims, and for all other victims....I really do...even in hard days I try to make each day count...because what today is can be end tomorrow.....that's the way I live now.....you must do all by yourself....sure help is sometimes necessary.....but on the end.....we must do all by our self.....I am glad I am raise in a happy family with no abuse...but I know some of my dear friends are incest victims...so I know where they went through.....also a close friend of me had a husband that beats her up for nothing.....and I can tell it is hard to see if the person can't make a decision.....to leave..... Love is like sunlight and the smile on your face also on dark days you can feel it like a warm embrace Love is a warm glow that will fill your heart forgive my miss spelled words please.....
ARTWITHIN
Gun, this rips me apart. I do wish all the positive things that the others before me have voiced, but I am feeling a good deal of pain from this, but I am grateful that you shared it. It is an important message. I love your image of love. It is a stark contrast to the video, and a hope for someday.
NekhbetSun
Love is all we need....wonderful image and message and I'll be sure to check out the video...thanks for this S H u g s
helanker
OH Yes, it is heartbreaking to see this suffering. A good reminder to make us think about what we are doing to our fellow human being and share love instead of hate. A wonderful image.
npauling
This is so beautifully done with a really great feel to it.
hipps13
beautiful work warm hug, Linda
Fidelity2
Your image is nice and neat. 5+.
magichild2
Love is a mystery, it comes and it's beautiful and leaves and it hurts. Beautiful image
tizjezzme
Just beautiful ... ((((big hug 4 u )))))
RavynGyrl
Sad video...but beautiful image of love! Great emotion emanates from it. Well done!
Amethystwolf
This is beautiful.
uk601
Amazing capture. BEAUTIFUL
romanceworks
It can be a very heartless world. Love seems to be the only lasting healer. Beautiful image and heartfelt sentiment on utube. CC
mayuan
as you know, I too was moved by the video, and I have heard a lot of painful stories in the work I do...but your image is an antidote, and so is your art. It's love given to the world to touch and lift people, a real answer to all that pain...Thank you for sharing the video and thanks for sharing your work, this and all of it. Mark
Nurzu
beautifully done