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 (27)
romanceworks
A lovely dark image. It's good you can follow your bio-rhythms and sleep when you want.I am a night creature, too. :o) CC
hipps13
wonderful work warm hug, Linda
ontar1
Wow, fantastic scene, love it, awesome work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lyron
Fantastic work!!
Pewter7
A lovely magical atmosphere to this one. Quietly she sits in the stillness, the cold light of stars sheening phosphorecently upon her ivory skin ...
ARTWITHIN
Dreamy atmosphere and mood in this image. I love the light behind the trees, a special night light. Beautiful image.
Realm_Of_Illusion
A lot is going on in this darkness! The way the light comes through is really beautiful :)
gillbrooks
WOW! It's hard to tell the background from the rest of your scene. You've done a fantastic work here !!
helanker
What a lovely and peaceful Image Looks so beautiful and gentle.
anahata.c
a very rich forest, gun, and the light is quite intense. Your lines of energy flowing inside the forest are very tactile, very glass-like and feel like other worlds merging into this one. They swirl in and around your forest. And your central tree, with its roots above ground, is a bit scary but very protective. Your female figure looks like she's passing through, maybe being called someplace. She's nicely 'whispered' into the piece, but the piece would be just as powerful without her as the landscape this time is so expressive it works both with or without her. A compliment to your forest, though she's mysterious and enticing. A sensitive and inward work.
G0d1v6
Great Work!! Beautiful yet haunting or hauntingly beautiful, I like it!! :)
NekhbetSun
Lovely and mysterious and a glorious little tribute to the night....beautiful ~
tetsu-pino
Fantastic work!! Splendid composition and mood!! Very well done!!
kansas
Very nice. I am somewhat a night person and this image fits.
ekatz
love the back-lit tree, creates great effect and atmosphere
ledwolorz
Fantastic composition and wonderful work.
jenay
great 2d artwork - love the mood and the slight blurring - the trees look creepy :)
mansco
Love it's atmosphere ;O)
avalonfaayre
Lovely spooky dark autumn scene! Superb atmosphere! Perfect for the time of year.
dvab
Great work.
magichild2
Lovely piece of work
kimariehere
what a gorgeous composition love the mood here dark and mysterious!!! awesome October atmosphere to it Gun!!!
three_grrr
I am a night person also. A beautiful image, Gun, and to me it feels very serene. I see the full moon rising behind the trees. The trees seem to be alive, which to my mind, they are very much alive. There's a wind blowing, singing a soft song of winter sleep coming, and perhaps the girl is thinking of migrate south with the birds.
Nurzu
great work!
novelist
Brilliant work. I love the mood you've captured here.
schonee
This is Excellent! love it
lorandbartho
Superb composition!