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 (23)
mooreno
Almost infrared
dvab
Great image!
vlaaitje
wonderful moody image.....
koosievantutte
lovely image and contrst - love it.
timtripp
beautiful glow!
odie
Yes, the vegetation is all "feathering out" so the seeds can float away and take their chances. Lovely sign of the times.
MrsLubner
A whimsical b/w that give a feeling of contentment.
helanker
WOW ! This is so gorgeous Gun. A lovely B/W capture.
romanceworks
Quite magical. CC
Margana
Signs of Autumn already? Wow, it sure comes early for you. :^/ On the other hand, it's soooo beautiful there... so I bet Autumn is particularly wonderful. Wonderful black and white, sweetie. I like seeing your photography. It's been a while. Ha en trevlig helg and don't forget to have a crayfish for me. Kramar -M ;^)
Bossie_Boots
what a beautiful scene i love the autumn superb capture hugs lou x
three_grrr
Oh how beautiful Dear Gun! This is wonderful in black and white, catches the drams so much better. I am even more anxious now to get out to the Hollow with my camera.
MrsRatbag
Beautiful work! I had the same feeling the other evening when walking my Sheela; it's still warm, and obviously still summer, but it somehow just feels that autumn isn't far off -- for which I'm very happy!
micturn
Great effect.
kasalin
Excellent !!! Fantastic image and scene !!! Great and lovely !!!
ARTWITHIN
Love the bloom remnants soaring on the wind. Very impressive B&W photo.
NekhbetSun
What a lovely harbinger of Autumn....sooo well done and hope it comes soon here ! H u g s
magichild2
I love this...black and white and beautiful
anahata.c
gun, there's a painting by van Gogh, "Wheat Fields" (something like that). He did several, but an early one comes to mind. Few captured the music of wheat and chaff as he did. And now you captured it in your own unique way. This isn't wheat, but it's grasses & flowers & plants, and they make a beautiful music, they sway like Mozart or Bach. Your black & white is luminous, you emphasize the inner life of the plants as if they had great light inside. And the lower level—all matted down grasses etc.—is a beautiful bed for it all. A beautiful Gun treatment of a country scene. It's magic.
ekatz
excellent observation and so well shot
HADCANCER
Autumn seems to be coming early this year. Must be the global cooling...LOL
lorandbartho
Nice mood. The plant seems to me Chamaenerion or Epilobium.
Nev2retour
very beautiful !