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)
Mondwin
Amazing artpiece my Dear!!!!!!!!!!!!!bravissima!V:DDD.Big hugsxx Whylma
dvab
Bravo.
RavynGyrl
Beautiful...love the colors!
anahata.c
a subtle & beautiful 'blue' work (do you have a "blue period"? lol), with beautiful detailing on the shell (the grooves & shadows on the outside of the shell are beautifully executed), and a beautiful way the universe flows right through the shell itself. Your blues shift subtly, always transforming, and your background blows like rain on a window in a storm. Another of your explorations of color & texture; and the image does just what it says: conveys a single being flying through a blowing lonely wet space. Beautiful and enticing, and a fine evocation of the Theme.
doedelzak
very beautifull
Pewter7
A lovely image. I like the way you have provided for a watery environment while artfully blending texture as well. Combined with a nice color set make this a delicately pretty work :)
helanker
What a gorgeous shell and its surroundings are So beautiful. Lovely image for the theme.
NekhbetSun
This is absolutely stunning Gun !
timtripp
excellent!
ErisX
oooh pretty...
romanceworks
Marvelous colors and mood in this lovely painting - seems we are all pearls traveling through our lives with only half a shell to protect us as it carries us along. CC
magichild2
This is different. Simple and beautiful. I love the lighting on the pearl and how you did the shell. this is what I'm trying to learn.
kansas
A pearl of great price. Beautiful.
hipps13
beautiful colors warm hug, Linda
ontar1
Fantastic scene, love the pearl and shell, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARTWITHIN
This is very relaxing to view. I can feel the floating and rocking sensation, like sailing on a calm sea. Beautiful, Gun.
ElizaB
exquisite creation
npauling
Great title for this beautiful creation.
koosievantutte
very fine image, gun, great choice of colour
novelist
I also love the title for this. It is so effective. Gorgeous colors and sense of movement and vulnerability.
Mousson
breathtakingly beautiful !
Realm_Of_Illusion
So delicate, this is really beautiful :)
three_grrr
Life is risky .. but life is protected by the shell that is our body. So perhaps the pearl is the treasure that is life .. the shell it's protection, our body. A beautiful piece, to me it feels calm, restful, secure.
tetsu-pino
Very beautiful!!!
RobyHermida
Fantastic work!!!
kimariehere
incredibly beautiful pearl creation !!! amazing image in every way !!!
amota99517
Wow! The colors and the flow of the design are fantastic.
HADCANCER
Pretty
M2A
Great design. Superb blue tone spread within your artwork. Cool !
vlaaitje
STRONG TITLE, gorgeous mood, lovely colours, and yes I think each movement is a risky travel these days