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
very fine image, great atmosphere!
ARTWITHIN
Wow! The title is on the mark. This is a very contemplative image. I love it. The colors are full of feeling as well. Beautiful image.
timtripp
Excellent
Pewter7
Very pretty Gun, good painting ...
caviedes
Excellent composition and colors, love it!!!!
M2A
Superb background. Woman seems a kind of giant.
allisonbender
Powerfull and emotional art ... Well done!!! tom
mss
Wow! Just gorgeous! The branches have taken on a symbolic meaning. The colors and texture are so rich!
eportscreations
Masterful work! You have created a very moving and emotional piece. Well done!
helanker
A really gorgeous Image. Wonderful for the theme.
Faemike55
Very aptly titled! nicely done!
nokin
Que maravilla de trabajo, esto de trabajar con las texturas es una pasada. Saludos
3x3
cool and creative gun x 5+
anaber
There is a strong atmosphere around her!Beautiful but burning.She is just between two branches,looking the soil..it is a misterious and profound scene.
miashadows
Beautiful colors.Love the mood.Excellent work !
three_grrr
This takes my breath away. It is walk in golden woods, in the fall, when the leaves have fallen from some of the trees, enough are still left to give a magical aura to the woods. There is an air of pensiveness, of meloncholy. One contemplates the ending of the year, another circle is almost complete. One can smell winter in the air. Mmmm. I better stop .. this is such a beautiful, beautiful scene.
romanceworks
Wonderful mood and colors. CC
nongo
excellent mood created!!!!!!
vintorix
Very beautiful.. I like the sky most!
Rorsdors
Lovely this, great colour balance and composition, very autumnal feel, really great work
groegnitram
wonderful done, gun! this has such a strong mood, wonderful play with molly's branches :))
beatoangelico
marveolus scene...fantastic colors and work..!!!
magichild2
Strong in mood, excellent in color and design
anahata.c
you've canopied molly's beautiful image with moods-made-visible, and textured it with your aged copper-sheets-of-the-soul look...Your blues atop are quite beautiful (there are many variations in them) and your reds down to the bottom are also delicate & beautiful—even as they dominate much of the painting. A beautiful evocation of inward journey in a landscape of lone branches; and you've doused it with inner privacy & thought...
kansas
A wonderful feeling of 'some time alone'.
cvrad
Very lovely and peacful image!
mysnapz
Trapped in her own thoughts, very emotive dark image, wonderful.
ontar1
Beautiful scene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bono35
Excellent composition and colors
Cgaynor
Excellent visual narrative!