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 (35)
lyron
Very cute image!!!
giareg
Very nice!!!
danob
Stunning and perhaps too innocent to know the difference!
ElizaB
poignant and stunning creation
3x3
lovely and sweet composition
Bossie_Boots
So lovely how cute !!!
Faemike55
Very sweet image!
vlaaitje
O my, this is so sweet...he has such a sad look, innocent not knowing the difference between life and dead......such a touching image dear Gun
helanker
OH How delightful it is. WOW, so cute too. Such a beautiful painting gun. You are so brilliant at this. FAV!
amirapsp
Sweet, love his look...Hugs
romanceworks
Learning about both is part of growing up. This is really a touching image. CC
koosievantutte
fine portrait, gun
brewgirlca
Gorgeous puppy portrait. You show a fantastic contemplative mood by suptle body language and head positioning. This took a considerable amount of forethought I am sure. It looks photographic and I thought it was until I read 2d. Very well done.
schonee
Just Beautiful hun! I Love it!!!
odie
The beautiful pup is new life and he is watching a very old and weak butterfly. That is wonderful. Excellently done.
ARTWITHIN
This is sooo sweet. I wonder what goes on in his little head looking at the butterfly. He is sittling the way Bobby does, it is so funny when they are full grown. Wonderful image and painting.
cvrad
This is precuios I live the quizzacle look on his little face so innocent! Great Compostiton!
marcopolinski
amazing!!!!!!!
Littlejock
Beautiful shot. and very creative and thoughtful image. Congratulations
magichild2
Oh how adorable this little one is. Awsome work.
kansas
Yes, accidents happen. A lovely painting.
Susank
AAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So cute, love the floffyness.
anahata.c
you seem to have given the subtlest touches to this, it's very delicate stuff; and he seems to be playing with (and around) your own artwork, as if you surrounded him with digital images of your butterflies & flowers. And there's that band of light just behind him: A beautiful touch! Very delicate and thoughtful Gun. I hope pondering life & death is this easy!
nikolais
light is special here
RavynGyrl
Awww...very sweet!
kbatty
Darling and touching!
Pewter7
So incredibly moving and sweet ... the contrast between vibrant, sweet life of bright color against a darkened, void background. 5+
three_grrr
Oooooh .. how sad he is, waiting for the little butterfly to move so they can play some more. Sorrow just permeats this beautiful image
Marinette
Awesome image!:)
katy555
Superb creation with intense colors and light...