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)
helanker
OOOH MYYYY GOSH! This is breathtaking Gun. I absolutely LUUUV it. DELICIOUS! FAV!
koosievantutte
beautiful metamorphosis, gun, i love the light you brought in.
Bossie_Boots
Wonderful artwork !!!
schonee
Almost could be deep space. looks very cool!
MrsLubner
Absolutely gorgeous. Love the lighting.
lyron
Excellent image!!
RobyHermida
Excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROBY ;o)
romanceworks
You are doing such imaginative work with the textures. CC
magichild2
Great depth, color and design...
Faemike55
Great work, Gun!
Littlejock
I love this type of pics. Thank you
ARTWITHIN
Very nice! It's like a background on a background. I love the gold and copper colors, and the lighting is exquisite. Simply beautiful work.
3x3
lovely textures and awesome colors my friend
kansas
Great texture work. Reminds me of rocks in the bottom of a river.
anahata.c
It's funny, I almost see a gleeful face in the center, like a happy ghost. You've made helle's patina a kind of underground gold-mine; it's one of those pieces of yours that seems etched out of the rock of the soul. (The dark allows the sheen to show more.) But you also brought out the dance in Helle's forms: It feels like a subterranean folk dance. Great that you're getting this much inspiration from the metamorphosis series. I look forward to more!
groegnitram
another beautiful play of yours, gun! it is obviously to see your mind is free of computer trouble ;) wish you happy playing!!!
npauling
Super texturing.
cvrad
Nice image!
ekatz
wonderful
kbatty
Awesome!
timtripp
excellent!
Pewter7
Looks like a toads skin, close up. Wonderful colors and texture!
three_grrr
I'm looking into a little shallow stream, the sun is beginning to set, giving it all that beautiful golden glow