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)
timtripp
marvelous!
november22
Yep, I'd like to walk there too; dreamy and cool looking.
helanker
OH, whar a lovely place so peaceful. I am sure you are able to recharge your inner batteries there :))) Lovely shot.
virginiese
fantastic painting ! Nice mood and light
Realm_Of_Illusion
Oh Gun this is so beautiful, how inspiring!
dvab
Lovely place...great image.
ErisX
Aaaaand suddenly I'm homesick. :-P Thank you for sharing this - I can almost hear the water over the stones...
mysnapz
Super image Gun,love the path taking you into the light.
koosievantutte
great place - great image
anahata.c
well you know how I feel about your beautiful paintings of landscapes from your life...you make nature look like a plush and velvety gathering of the most inviting fabrics—one wants to sink into them and rest there for long periods of time. And you've got the most precious shadows here and an "iris" effect which makes it very intimate and close. (If you don't know the term, an "iris shot" is where a film-maker puts a black circle around the shot, as if an iris were closing in on it.) It's inviting and intimate and, as always, subtle and beautiful.
schonee
Very Beautiful!
ARTWITHIN
Beautiful painting and light. I know you have made this more glorious by your artistic vision. It is magical.
NekhbetSun
How beautiful !
cameraobscura2
Greetings Gun, I cannot believe what an fantastic place you have close to home. I feel like hitch-hiking on an airplane and head right on over. Please do share more of your vicinity as I am so taken by it. Thank you for sharing. egmont
SecondChoice
very beautiful and cosy. perfect postwork!
RavynGyrl
Very beautiful and breath-taking. I feel such peace viewing the image, and I'm sure in reality that little nook exudes the same feeling. Wonderful!
MrsRatbag
You have a beautiful forest! Excellent work!
cvrad
Lovely place! Chris
romanceworks
A lovely place to renew the spirit. CC
HADCANCER
pretty pretty pretty. I want to go there
three_grrr
WOW! Astounding beauty! What a lovely place to walk and sit and meditate. Beuatiful work!!
MrsLubner
so very peaceful and the touches of light are like magic.
novelist
So lush and healing. Such an inviting woodland. Gorgeous work.
T-yasue
Fantastic green tone...Composition and camera angle are splendid!!!
odie
This is so lush and beautiful. The vignette effects makes it looks like a safe and insular haven where all time stands still until you are ready to face the next event. I love it.
kimariehere
so green and tranquil !!! lovely mood and restful peaceful place!!!!
Littlejock
Fantastic colours my friend
lorandbartho
Mysteriously nice.
magichild2
Peaceful...serene and just beautiful to view
A_Sunbeam
Full of atmosphere and mystery!