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 (22)
ErisX
Wow, that's a powerful image! Thank you for sharing it with us!
magichild2
Boy I can relate to the theme of this one. Great piece of work.
timtripp
excellent!
ARTWITHIN_II
How funny! I did a cracked one today too. LOL. This is very interesting with the textures and color palette. Everything is blended beautifully.
schonee
Wicked! very nice work!
luoyx2008
富有诗意的作品，我非常喜欢。
Fidelity2
Superb. Your masterpiece is flawless. 5+.
tofi
And this must be what dreams are made out of! This is such a wonderful composition! The colours and the effect are superb, and what an amazing texture.... amazing realism! I like the way you've chosen the neutral colours, to emphasize that feeling of the meaning that is intended... a sad, but very understood theme and idea. Wonderfully expressed and composed, my Friend!
Homus_Artistic
Very nice creation and detailed effects
romanceworks
Yes, I can relate only too well to this theme. A very intense image. CC
helanker
A very beautiful Cracked Image. And dramatic too. Well done.
koosievantutte
very fine image,gun.
three_grrr
Ah yes, so easy to relate to. There seems to be great sadness seeping out from this image, so beautifully done.
tetsu-pino
Fantastic image!! Splendid work!!
NekhbetSun
Really quite a gut grabbing image...well done !!!
Pewter7
Lovely image and texture, beautifully made! :) 5+
novelist
I love this. It reminds me of waking up and trying so hard to remember a vivid dream or nightmare I want to recall and all I can recall are fragmants that I try to piece together to make sense of the powerful emiotions I am feeling.
HannaK
Interesting composition
Nurzu
really powerful
anahata.c
(am slowly catching up...) Stunning textures, recessions & emergences from dark to light. Human & animal forms appear and disappear, but your blues & grays and lights & darks predominate. A very complex & beautiful image. Powerful too.
ontar1
Eerie and powerful image, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lorandbartho
Great work!