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 (35)
NekhbetSun
This is wonderful....looks like oil or acrylic...really pretty Gun !
Eutopia
Very pretty :-)
Trollmac
Wow, very beautiful work!
fractalinda
Wonderful illuminated texture, great composition, and the colors are beautiful!
Bossie_Boots
Beautiful work !!!
helanker
OORHH!!! This looks gorrrgeous. I love the colors the flower and the texture too.
timtripp
wonderful! might consider a black and white negative...
tennesseecowgirl
looks nice~
anahata.c
I've had the privilege of glancing at some of your texture plays in the forums, and I was enticed by them all. You've moved more and more towards a primal vision, something earthen, almost shamanic. And with this, you've created something carved in a cave, as if by some ancient tribe. It's gorgeous, Gun. I've seen your beautiful blues before, but here they're transformed into something visceral and granlular, like a carving from a prehistoric world. It's beautiful. I hope you continue in this direction: You're unearthing wonderful, mysterious things...more power your way...
november22
Like the icy blues in this - agree it has a sense of fundamental elements and life.
Fidelity2
Very well done. 5+.
amirapsp
Great 2D art...Hugs
busi2ness
It's a lively texture and at the same time seems very fragile.
ARTWITHIN
Beautiful image Gun. I love the colors, design, and texture.
hipps13
beautiful work love the blue warm hug, Linda
Pewter7
It is absolutely lovely, a beautifully created image. I think anahata.c helped to eloquate what everyone feels like when they see such magic :)
romanceworks
Yes, I agree with anahata.c - this has a very earthy, primal feel and is really appealing. The colors are so calming. Wonderful artwork and expression of the theme. CC
lizzibell
Beautiful...
magichild2
This is truly a fantastic job. It looks like an oil painting...beautiful and mysterious
Gaiadriel
Anahata.c has encompassed it all..(soft nod in agreement). Lovely, Gun.
kansas
I like this very much. Beautiful!!!
RobyHermida
WWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!
npauling
Those are splendid textures you have used here, I really love this one.
koosievantutte
great texture - love the luminosity of the centre
lorandbartho
Fine work!
ledwolorz
Fantastic colors and texture,Wonderful work.
mansco
splendid beauty ;O)
Littlejock
Pure fantasy of colours. Hugs
nikolais
Gun, artful!
ElizaB
beautiful creation...a symphony of blue