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)
MrsLubner
magical!
vlaaitje
wow, this is such a powerful image, you know why? Maybe you read the story about my past away brother and the butterfly http://www.my-tree-of-life.com/english/a-real-story.html it was such a wonderful moment, so this image with the butterfly that comes out of heaven reminds me on that moment.... wonderful done dear Gunsan
koosievantutte
what i love most in this image is that you depicted the 'powdery' feeling of the butterfly so well.
MOODYBLUE92954
STUNNING WORK I LOVE IT
Bossie_Boots
Wow amazing scene superb work hugs lou x
helanker
OH WOW ! It really do look Magical. I like very much the light in this and ofcause the texture is gorgeous. SO is the butterfly. SUPERB.
romanceworks
Gorgeous mesmerizing scene and marvelous textures. The colors have such a glow. CC
RavynGyrl
Beautiful colors! Fantastic texture!
timtripp
superb!
NekhbetSun
I really like this Gun....simple, skillful, stunning !
lorandbartho
Great composition!
jgmart
I really like this effect! - Nice job
huismus
Beautiful artwork Gun!
cbender
a butterflyflying over the sea... awesome ! i love those blue colours here!
Pewter7
A beautifully crafted image with appropo title, very nicely done! :)
nikolais
very artfully done, Gun!
lizzibell
Beautiful...
hipps13
beautiful work warm hug, Linda
npauling
Super textures and I love that luminous look you have achieved. Beautiful work.
HADCANCER
Lovely
magichild2
Love the colors and lighting on this one...just beautiful
Littlejock
SUPER COLOURS AND COMPO.. Impressive your creativity .... again
anahata.c
gorgeous, gun, another of your artworks from the depths of your soul. A butterfly coming out of the most exquisite textured sky, with light made of molten glass and star-stuff. It's luminous, rapturous and deeply mysterious. And it has waves below...It's just gorgeous gun. Your art is a gift, there is no other word. Many hugs.
tizjezzme
I just love your work Gun. I'm sorry I haven't been around much; you know how life gets. This is absolutely gorgeous. You are truly an inspiration to me. ((HUGS))!!
Tanglimara
Wonderful texures in this great piece of artwork. Very striking image and perfectly titled. Tony :-)
three_grrr
Oh Gun, this is spectacular, so emotion filled, so beautiful