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 (31)
icerian
Impressive! Interesting pleasant ancient mood.
koosievantutte
fine image and a fine, fitting texture!
Eutopia
Beautiful and sad...
helanker
It is such a lovely image and I like the texture. Though it looks so sad.
JNH
Excellent comp! Very well set mood with choice of color and texture!
timtripp
exquisite image!
NekhbetSun
I think I love textures just as much as you do, but I'm not near as good at it :o) ....this is awesome, Gun !
vlaaitje
awesome work, a very touching mood and title
ErisX
Very nice!!! Thank you for sharing the beauty!
romanceworks
Yes, thoughts can be painful, and so many other things - an intense and interesting piece with an intriguing tex and mood. CC
dvab
Perfect!!!
ElizaB
your creation...the colours, textures have captured the essence of your title
odie
Yes, sometimes they sting and they poke and feel red hot and inflamed. The texture and the coloring is perfect for your title, Gun. Hope you are well today~!
novelist
Powerful image. The title is perfect. I love the eyes in this. The color and texturing are marvelous.
magichild2
I love the lighting effect. It's a fabulous piece of work.
rackelstar
beautiful image...great concept and texture...nice work
Bossie_Boots
Wow incredible !!!
ARTWITHIN
Very intense and beautifully stylized, Gun.
Margana
An awesome work of art, sotnos. Such emotion and feeling in this and your title...it couldn't be more perfect. Just absolutely brilliant!!! -M :^)
Pewter7
Delivered with intensity and skill, another lovely image. Thought provoking and excellently created :)
mansco
Splendid title for this great picture ;O)
three_grrr
I am relating to this .. very much so, a beautiful and sad, image
anahata.c
to me, it's like you scratched off the debris on a window, and you discovered this person inside. She appears to us through encrusted glass or maybe a mirror. And of course you've engulfed her in deep earthen reds, the kind Rembrandt used in his later years. So she's in pain—yes—but her 'aura' is truly beautiful. I realize you're portraying how thoughts can engulf us in piercing & unforgiving needles; but you still convey something beautiful & affirming because she has great inwardness, and she glows with an inner sun. Beautiful Gun, as always. You always make me grateful with these images.
ekatz
wonderful
busi2ness
Something very spiritual about the shapes.
Littlejock
You always got a artisitc lighting and effect in your works. Congratulations
kasalin
Awesome work !!! Very beautiful picture !!!!! :) 5*****
mysnapz
Wonderful Gun. Love the colours and the darkness of this image.
HannaK
Extremely powerful - glad you back with your exceptional creativity and skills
mizoli
Beautiful work!