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 (24)
koosievantutte
very fine image, gun, glad you posted it!
rudiruth
wondeful work dear gun
huismus
Beautiful artwork Gun!
helanker
And it is such a lovely image. A little sad like, but beautiful and I like the soft colors.
ascript
Most excellent! ;)
tizjezzme
Here i sit browsing through the thumbnails under 'what's new', and when i see this, I KNEW it was yours. :) You have a special style all your own, and one to be so proud of. Every upload amazes me .. good work.. hope u are doing well! :)
Bossie_Boots
Wow this one is awesome love the colours superb work hugs lou x
three_grrr
A painful image, turning away. So beautifully done.
Gaiadriel
Agree with Tizjezzme. I, too, knew this was yours, the instant my eyes happened upon it. Poignant, to say the very least, Gun. And, as I always find with your works, I am moved. :)
HannaK
What more can I add...all true
timtripp
sublime!
romanceworks
Your art always speaks to me. CC
vlaaitje
I agree with Carol.....this image express so much
ledwolorz
Beautiful artwork.
NekhbetSun
Wonderful mood and "texture" :o)
niek
Beautiful image!!! There's so much Character and movement in this picture. The texture is perfect to underline the atmosphere of the story(Whatever this may be?) It's all up to wondering and pondering... and that's Art!
waldodessa
Colors are perfect and beautiful image!
tofi
Gun... where to begin... You hold and occupy a space of your own, really and truly, when it comes to your artwork. I always gaze and admire your beautiful compositions, as each one is so evidently created with exquisite precision, care and tremendous expression. Even something that is abstract; a shadow, a line, a "distorted, contorted" image, what you will.... is always so flawlessly and perfectly placed in order to "create" out of the depths of the imagination. The effect is not only brilliant of the crumpled look, but behind that, there is so much to see. I see so many different faces and features.... anguish and beauty are intertwined at their best; ironically so.... most beautiful, Dear Gun!
ekatz
excellent
Pewter7
Fabulous effects and mood in this excellently produced image.
magichild2
Excellent work...it's how I'm feeling today...
busi2ness
It has the human form in there and it's no surprise, you deal with emotions of people. Excellent!
HADCANCER
This one left me confused and sad
anahata.c
it's not just 'crumpled paper', but an interplay of planes of light-and-dark. It's like we see this person through many prisms of color & glass, a glimpse into the layers of the soul. The person may be turning away, but somehow you've invited us 'in' so there's something very affirming here (they are communicating to us). Another of your beautiful introspective works, filled with mystery...