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)
three_grrr
Wonderful image!! Love the terns soaring on the thermal, rising ever upward! What a lovely card this makes!!
Tutte
So glad you re-posted this since I hadn't seen it before. Absolutely gorgeous! Hugs, Tutte
koosievantutte
beautiful and fine theme image.
dvab
Great image......
ekatz
cool illustration
anahata.c
gun, it's a lovely image not just for the birds and the shell, but for your luminous blues and violets, and for the subtle lights that caress your surface like gentle sun-flare. As for your colors, colors are the hardest things of all to describe yet some people just have a way with them, picking a certain blue or red that touches us in indescribable ways: You have that ability. Your colors touch very deep chords. And as for cards, I'd love to get one of these in print. Beautiful as always. A pleasure.
vlaaitje
you always have such a emotional way to create your art, this is so beautiful
ARTWITHIN
Brilliant, Gun. Love the colors. The gulls give such a sense of freedom, while the shell provides safety and security within its confines. What a wonderful contrast.
NekhbetSun
Realy clever and so creative Gun! pretty too S
helanker
Yes I agree with Mina. And I love it.
tetsu-pino
Very beautiful and great imagination work!!!
ontar1
Beautiful image, excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ErisX
Oh, this is perfect, a blend of the abstract and the real to give an emotion. Wow.
Flint_Hawk
This is a great image!
MrsLubner
spirals represent the spiral of life to me and so this has a very uplifting mood. Done with skill.
HADCANCER
Summer huh? I always associate blues and whites with winter. I do not know if the birds are summer birds or not . I will assume they are. As for the composition is is pleasing to the eye. Good job
romanceworks
This is exquisite, Gun. So full of the lightness and joy of summer with wonderful ocean colors. Also love how the seagulls are flying so free. CC
magichild2
Totally amazing. I love the way you did this.
Smallreddog
Nice colors, has that comfy friendly feeling to it.
tizjezzme
It's beautiful Gun, and i can see why you'd use it as a greeting card; it's fitting for many occasions and sentiments.
npauling
No wonder you use this for a card it is beautiful. Love the colouring.
beachzz
Gorgeous!!
ledwolorz
Beautiful work.
mansco
Lovely idea and fine spiral ;O)
RobyHermida
Great WORK!!!
ragouc
Superb composition. 5+
kansas
So very lovely!
lorandbartho
Excellent composition.
Pewter7
This is just lovely artwork, delightfully presented! :)
e-brink
Very nice, flowing image!