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 (26)
tennesseecowgirl
wonderful!
JoniGop
Precious
NekhbetSun
I think I'm going to melt :o) ....this is just so precious !!!! excellent work Gun S H u g s
koosievantutte
beautiful
huismus
Lovely!
helanker
What a wonderful scene this is. SO peaceful and so lovely light and colors.
TwoPynts
Wonderful treatment o Ilona's photo. Glad to hear you are feeling better. :o)
vlaaitje
lovely done Gun.....nice painting look...it was a special moment again for me to watch all...it is my new job.......waiting for the birth of a foal...really cool to do I can tell
Flint_Hawk
I LOVE the Gypsy Vanner! This is such a precious & touching portrait! Thank you so much for sharing this special moment!
hipps13
beautiful work love the colors warm hug, Linda
mink
Beautiful
G_Mansco
A splendid work, lovely ;O)
Fidelity2
Very cool. 5+.
ARTWITHIN
What a tender image. I love the light you created in this Gun. Excellent work!
MOODYBLUE92954
SO WONDERFUL
magichild2
Oh how beautiful this is. Great job.
Bossie_Boots
Oh wow this is so beautiful what a wonderful image hugs lou x
Gaiadriel
Oh Gun..so little time here, and how glad I am that I didn't miss this post of yours. Two of my very favorite things...horses, and your lovely art! A tender, life-beginning image, beautifully represented. :)
romanceworks
Wonderful artwork with this photo. CC
mayuan
you've made this almost like a 17th or 19th C painting, bathed in rich browns and emerging like big bright spirits. You always give a plushness to your images, turning everyone into soft & emerging beings; and even your grass feels like waves. A touching tribute to new life, and to the photographer whose image you transformed. The mother is luminous! Just lovely, Gun.
tizjezzme
this is so sweet :)
nongo
beautifully done!!!!!! so sweet!!!
kansas
Such a tender scene.
JaneEden
This is an enchanting and tender scene, really beautiful Gun, hugs Jane xx
kimariehere
WOW how beautiful this is!!! a real heartwarmer ....!!! you have done this image proud with your amazing painting skills !!!! love this a fave for sure!!!
uk601
outstanding work. it looks like a painting. fantastic work!