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 (21)
mooreno
nice watercolor.
ARTWITHIN_II
Lovely watercolor painting of a peaceful place. I would love to be there.
danob
Beautiful and I see the hues and tones of your trademark..
cameraobscura2
Greetings my friend Gun, THis beautiful watercolour from 1981 shows a different side of your creativity and though I have always like your electronic art, I hope that you have not forsaken this medium and once in a while pull out your watercolour tray and paint in the open air, under the warmth of the sun. Thank you for sharing and have a great week. egmont
NekhbetSun
Lovely work Gun S
huismus
Beautiful artwork Gun!
koosievantutte
very beautiful watercolour, gun.
oscilis
I hope you get inspired to take up painting again.
Bossie_Boots
Wow brilliant superb watercolour hugs lou x
avalonfaayre
What a beautiful piece of work. I love the feeling of misty movement and maybe an impending rain. I am really impressed. Lovely use of space and tones.
helanker
OH, How I love this one Gun. It is such watercolor I would love to be able to create. Wonderful. I would SOOO like to see more.
tofi
Beautiful blending of such gorgeous and most soothing colours! I love the sky especially, and how it seems layered, and contains such great depth and beauty! Lovely work my friend, and try to stay "cool" :) Hugs,
MrsLubner
These colors are still you and still seen in your work. The style is also yours alone. I like the undertone of this.
magichild2
Lovely work on this one...great piece of work
romanceworks
This is really beautiful - love the flow and the marvelous colors. You have intense heat there, and today, can you believe, we had snow! It's supposed to be Spring here in the mountains of Colorado. Hope it doesn't kill all my flowers. CC
ascrazy
different gun? not... this still is the same mood and colouring, equally beautiful, though the different technique:-)
HannaK
Another fine piece of you, excellent!
uk601
wow..... really a beautiful work.
timtripp
superb!
Pewter7
This is a great painting. I really like the soft tones and blending available by watercolor. So pleasing to the eye :)
jgmart
Traditional watercolorist myself, so I love seeing this!