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)
ElizaB
love the effect you have achieved..great depth almost as if it were a carving
helanker
WOW! It looks awesome, Gun. I also like the effect on this.
ErisX
They almost look like butterflies, these lovely blossoms. And though it's got this pale pale wash, it's still lovely to behold and I halfway expect to see it fluttering!
danob
Wonderful and as usual your textures are sublime
tetsu-pino
Fantastic image and splendid render!!!
Mousson
Wonderful !!!
ARTWITHIN
I thought I was looking at butterflies or moths at first. ;) Very interesting effect that makes the hortensia look like it's been through a storm.
RobyHermida
Wonderful shot!.. well done .... ROBY
odie
I have never heard of such a plant but it is beautiful and I see why you want to have your own. The earthy, muted colors and organic texture remind me slightly of Mark's Rose upload. I see someone else wrote "like a carving". Very well done.
ontar1
Intriguing picture, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
three_grrr
I thought butterflies or moths too! What a wonderful plant this must be!! Imagine having butterflies blooming!!
romanceworks
Very original treatment. CC
Chipka
Wonderful work here, I love the shadows and the desaturated color. Fantastic!
anahata.c
sorry I missed this, I never got an ebot, but I rarely go a day without stopping at your gallery, and lord am I happy I did this morning. If your hortensia's not flowering led to this, we're the luckier for it. It's a mysterious & beautiful shot, filled with the multi-leveled textures you're beloved for, a whole lot of life in the petals & leaves & furrows, and a deep copper-ish background, mute but radiant and feeling like the flowers are growing in a bed of rare metals. It has the look of venerable age but also very fragile life; and you framed it so that it looks like it's sitting in an old treasured basin. As the fall wears on, you're giving us deeper and deeper images, tinged with beauty & mystery; and I can't imagine what you'll be giving us in December! It's just beautiful gun. They just keep on coming...
Pewter7
Lovely texturing and subdued colors in this very nice artwork!
NekhbetSun
Beautiful treatment of such a lovely flower !
magichild2
These flowers look as if they're etched on wood. Awesome effect.
ledwolorz
beautiful work.
huismus
Beautiful artwork Gun!
november22
I like this a lot, puts in mind an etching with chine colle creating some outstanding textures. The swirling plant and plate like edge marks make this a very tight and pleasing work.
lorandbartho
Great work!
HADCANCER
I am so far behind, I have been forced to cut and paste. I wanted you to know I was here and had viewed your work. You are one of my favorite artists or I would not even be here. I love your art. In fact now that I think about it you are part of the reason I am so behind...LOL
nikolais
etching effect and great compo, Gun! drying off colors was a great idea. to generalize, drying off makes things last.