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 (30)
koosievantutte
beautiful, gun.
ARTWITHIN_II
Beautiful and mystical, even if it looks very cold. I love the light you have dancing off the frost.
rudiruth
I can feel the cold brrr and the magic
anahata.c
a complex, crackling, glassy & illumined piece. You make music with texture, and beautiful abstracts too. The piece bristles. And I like the stylization of the central branch (if that's what it is): It has energy lines running down it. It could be a branch, a tree trunk, or a pathway of great energies. And you have your beautiful blues again. A sharp & bristling image Gun, and I think it's beautiful. We had snow this week, so this could apply to us too...
HannaK
Yes, it is powerful, produces the desired effect, very well done
helanker
WOW! A strong and beautiful ICE glass effect and it looks very naturel. A beautiful morning blue color too. It could as well be a photo. Awesome Gun.
Marinette
Beautiful image!
november22
Beautiful shot, like the play my eye sees on textures - implied in the photo and sensed in a surface to touch. Fer'shure a mystical element with the color, light and ambiguity.
Fidelity2
Happy Thanks Giving. Perfect. 5+.
mansco
Frosty cold and beautiful ;O)
romanceworks
How lovely. Today, on Thanksgiving, we have a light snow. I didn't know snow glittered until I moved to Colorado. CC
ekatz
excellent cold atmosphere
ErisX
OH OH OH... WOW.... Incredible!!! Thank you!!!
ledwolorz
Fantastic image,
schonee
Super image...Excellent work!
npauling
Beautiful textures and very cold looking.
ontar1
Looks very cold, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kansas
Excellent. Makes a shiver up and down my spine.
NekhbetSun
Love the texture and this is marvelous Gun !!! brooding and a bit mysterious
novelist
Hauntingly beautiful.
three_grrr
Oh Gun! I adore this one, it's magical, an ice storm has coated all the branches of this tree, and moonlight is making it glisten like glass!
tofi
Indeed! What a beautiful composition... the word "glitter" seems to fit most perfectly, as it appears magical and fantastical! So lovely! I admire the textures here and the superb rich colours.... excellent mood and atmosphere, Dear Gun!
magichild2
Brr...nice texture and I love the play of lighting as well...great work
timtripp
marvelous scary image here!
Realm_Of_Illusion
Frost is fun, it knows so well how to play with light :) What a wonderful image you created with it filled with playful mystery. Wonders is good for the heart, it keeps it young. You know how to do that Gun, keeping the heart young, being child-like. And that is the secret of the wise woman, reentering the world of the child with her knowledge and from that place create wonders. You're a wise woman Gun, Time has gifted you with the Knowledge of wonders, it's a precious gift which few know how to honor but you do :)
kbatty
Beautiful!!
ElizaB
stunning
Pewter7
Brrr! That looks deep cold!
cvrad
Great work!
lorandbartho
Great work!