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 (29)
3x3
awesome work my friend x love it f!
Faemike55
I dare! very powerful image, Gun! and I would ask why the pain.
ARTWITHIN
She is so sad, and maybe angry. Excellent and emotional image.
koosievantutte
fantastic image, gun. great colours going with the mood.
jclP
xcellent img,well done
Roxam
great depth
helanker
A very lovely portrait Gun. She looks so sad.
groegnitram
so much sadness but so wonderful impressive, gun, love the way how you played with the textures in this one quite a lot!
miashadows
Most beautiful.Good question.....wonderful work !
rudiruth
wonderful
timtripp
superb!
ascrazy
exquisite portrait, one of better among your works:-)
thecytron
Interesting style and technique!
magichild2
The techniques are great....excellent piece of work
caviedes
Excellent work!!!!!!
allisonbender
Fantastic and moody work!!! tom
romanceworks
Emotional and so powerful. It is hard to look into the eyes of such sadness, but of course, we must. CC
mss
Beautifully done! Great verticals and diagonals!
Pewter7
Amazing work, Gun! This is exquisitely painted to bring forth and illustrate the pain and sorrow in her sad gaze. The color palatte lends itself to further enhance the mood also. Really brilliantly crafted, my friend ...
marcopolinski
strong image!
anaber
Beautiful,Intense heartfeeling and thoughful done!One word in my mind:WHY? Your work is SUPERB.My Fav.
nongo
Excellent artwork dear Gunsan!!!!!
npauling
She probably needs some time alone I think. Excellent work for a great result.
beatoangelico
awesome image...fantastic art..!!!!!
anahata.c
very sensitive work, Gun, with painting & etching & aging the medium & places in the piece where you seem to be pouring pigment on, while (in others) where you seem to be spraying it on in fine droplets. More of your inward treatment of the human face & form. It looked a little bit, to me, like Rebecca, though I see it isn't. Inward & quite expressive as always...
cvrad
very emotional presentation!
mysnapz
Sad cruel world
ontar1
Stunning image, love the depth the scene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ekatz
hi Gun, love this and also the bottles in todays post