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 (32)
Bossie_Boots
She is absolutely gorgeous superb work hugs lou x
Darkwish
Very nice pic! I like this one! 5
Ger50
how lovely, a real must to ZOOM IN
ARTWITHIN
Wonderful painting Gun. What a sweet looking lady she is.
Mondwin
Amazing portrait my Dear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissima!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
koosievantutte
lovely dog - fine painti8ng
ledwolorz
Beautiful dog.Fantastic photo.
BessieB
Superb work, gorgeous dog
timtripp
excellent!
busi2ness
Very pleasing post work.
Mousson
absolutely adorable!!!!
dvab
Fantastic!
romanceworks
Wonderful - just love your pet artwork, which is always so expressive. CC
Smallreddog
Nice portrait. she’s a sweetie!
helanker
AAAAHH! Now THAT is a cute portrait. SO well done Gun :)
MrsLubner
Oh, you are breaking my heart with the sheer beauty of this!
LanieBug
Ooooooh! She's such a sweet beauty! Just look at that expression on her face! You do such incredible portraits!
Pewter7
Such a lovely portrait with beautifully done effects :)
anahata.c
another of your beautiful animal photos turned paintings. (Thanks to Ilona for the original.) You turn these pictures into the softest gentlest portraits and get an almost luminous glow to their whites; and the ears are so plush I want to fall into them. Beautiful gun, as always. And your background feels like the gentlest textured glass...
kimariehere
oh how wonderful!!!! sweet and soulful work love your fabulous painting style that is so uniquely you!!!
magichild2
Oh what a sweet face...beautifully done
cvrad
Very Nice work! Chris
kansas
What a sweet face! Wonderful painting.
Margana
What a funny look on her face. Just adorable! Great postwork on this, sotnos! I always love these... -M :^)
lorandbartho
Great work!
zoren
sweeeet.!
tetsu-pino
Wow!!! So cute!!!
HADCANCER
You have so much talent. It is so detailed I was surprised when I could not see any fleas...LOL
amota99517
This is really adorable!!!
novelist
Wonderful painting. Darling dog.