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 (34)
Bossie_Boots
Wow i really like this very much superb work hugs lou x
koosievantutte
beautiful fractal, gun. i see a baby's head.
ekatz
asolutely, works so well in b&w with just the colour in the eye.
ledwolorz
Wonderful work.
ARTWITHIN_II
Beautifully expressive in a minimalistic way.
helanker
OH yes, I see a very shy forest fairy tryig to hide. :))) Wonderful !
vlaaitje
I see a shy child that try to hide for the "enemy".....very well done with the added eye
busi2ness
Thought provoking, there is a second face to the back and an embryo too? Very creative.
neoexcello
I'm not sure I would trust that little one, she looks a little more cunning than shy.
anahata.c
a mysterious swirling image with many ways to see it. I love how you got a hidden face out of it, and yet the swirls and shapes have a life of their own. More enticing & mysterious work from you, Gun. It's always a privilege to come here.
timtripp
superb!
frankman
WOW. Great work!
NekhbetSun
A baby /fetus? .....really marvelous Gun !
romanceworks
I see a little girl fae with long dark hair and her chin tilted down. Most intriguing. CC
magichild2
This is cool. I love this sorta game. I see an 18 week gestational period of an enfant. The work is beautiful.
Pewter7
Aw, man! This is just SO TOTALLY COOL!!! Creepy image, excellent idea and realization. Fantastic artwork! 10+
hipps13
wonderful work warm hug, Linda
MrsLubner
Extremely creative, unique and thought provoking. Excellent artwork.
mansco
It's like a shy elf, lovely flame Gun ;O)
missouri
Interesting, each person sees a bit differently. A provoking image, for sure.
cameraobscura2
Greetings Gun, This one shows off nicely your technical and artist capabilities. Thank you for sharing. egmont
amirapsp
Beautiful...Hugs
lizzibell
nice work...
Gaiadriel
A bashful peek..the inner child perhaps(though definitely not necessarily a child of light), the eye and a mere portion of the face visible, the brunt of being, well concealed, shielded and protected by the maternal. Trust will have to be an earned thing here, I'm afraid..whether it be the child's, or ours. Oh, don't mind me. I'm rambling on. As always, compelling, riveting, and with your constant beautiful, soft complexity, Gun. Totally lovely. :)
Margana
What an incredible piece of art, sotnos... It kind of reminds me a bit of Beardsley. Excellent, excellent done! I sure hope you print this one...I know I would. This is definately art gallery level work. All my best and hope you're having a smashing summer. -M :^)
whirlingfeather
Splendid work and with your subtle enhancements the stirring creature is very obvious. Great eye(yours and the one in the pic)!
Littlejock
Fantastic work.. Pure fantasy and excellent work. the eye add special and strange sensation. Hugs
Mousson
Wonderful !
three_grrr
I'm not seeing a child, or a sweet fae .. I'm seeing someone hiding there face, but for sinister reasons .. the eye has a strage and almost malevolent look to me. A child of the night perhaps .. And awesome Apo find, so well seen, so well presented!
Nurzu
a smile of genius