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 (29)
vlaaitje
wow, this is such a strong expression, wonderful done dear Gun
Eutopia
Very nice :-)
ekatz
excellent, very subtle
Tutte
Love it Gun and very thought provoking. Can certainly relate to how entwined and trapped so many of us are by our thoughts. At least that is how it sometimes feels to me. To escape them becomes the ultimate challenge doesn't it? To find Peace. Big hug, Tutte
romanceworks
Thoughts are indeed like twisting vines that begin on the inside and ultimately show on the outside, too. Superb image. CC
schatjeisis
excellent work
helanker
WOW ! THat looks kind of dramatic. Like thoughts playing tricks on you. Excellent image, Gun.
mansco
It's quite dramatic and I like it a lot ;O)
NekhbetSun
Very arresting image...really awesome what you did here !
timtripp
wonderful image!
koosievantutte
very fine b/w image - the branches look like being one with the face!
Pewter7
Stunning gothic artwork, brilliantly composed!
ARTWITHIN
So intense! You are really on a roll of creativity, Gun. This captures my imagination.
odie
Now there is a busy mind if I ever saw one! Amazing how cluttered it can become. Very thought provoking.
thecytron
Interesting idea!
anahata.c
Suzanne said it well: You're really on a roll of creativity---which says a lot considering how much you've given all these years. It's a disturbing image if you look at it one way, and a thought-provoking image if you look at it another. "A busy mind" (odie!), looking out through the brush and tangles. But the branches and vines are rendered almost as if they were stone; or as if they were made of light and shadow. They almost look like microscopic organisms, the kinds you see on biological slides. It's a very complex work, provocative, and I think beautiful. You're breaking exciting ground everyday, it seems, and it's very exciting to watch it all unfold.
magichild2
Powerful message ..awesome work
Nurzu
:-)
hipps13
sure speaks aloud awesome work
tizjezzme
kind of a scary, and sad feel to this one... excellent!!
npauling
Her thoughts are really in a tangle. Very imaginatively created.
three_grrr
Very deep and dark and beautiful too, I too thought about how our thinking traps us and snares us, and keeps us down. But one can break out of the tangled underbrush and find fresh air!
lizzibell
nice work....
busi2ness
I saw thorns and pain in abundance, still after realizing there are no thorns. Excellent work!
Littlejock
Very artistic idea and special effect.
HannaK
Very powerful indeed
rudiruth
straight to the heart!
lorandbartho
Very moving. Thoughts or a migraine attack, excellent work.
mysnapz
Yes a very disturbing and deep image, Love the feeling of entrapment.