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 (20)
Faemike55
Very good image and interesting discussion
jclP
superbe manip effet ,good job
romanceworks
Lovely image and very thought provoking. CC
alessimarco
~Excellent concept! Very well done!~
helanker
What beautiful image, Gun... and you are right. They shouldnt need any advisory, when they are statues. Wonderful texture.
ontar1
Cool idea, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
magichild2
Excellent conception...great piece of art
npauling
A beautiful work and I love how you have done the younger woman against the older ones and given them the same finish. Superbly created.
nikolais
wonderful style, Gun! .. as always
pit224
Beautiful picture! Love it! Fav! :)
danob
Superb work Gun!!
cvrad
nice work and I have been working on a similar idea for an image myself. It is still being worked out though.
tizjezzme
Lovely work gun!
emmecielle
A wonderful work! :)
odie
Isn't it odd what was "In style" through the ages and how it changes slightly, too? Beauty is still in the eye of the beholder. I love how you've gathered these 3 lovely statues together - timeless beauty.
three_grrr
There really isn't that much difference between yesterday and today. The soul of the women comes through, no matter whether they are statues or flesh and blood. That is your artistry .. to make the soul come through.
Pewter7
Very nice work, Gun, masterful blending in this one.
gonzojr
A very beautiful image!! 5+
inomminate
Something special.
m_j_s
Really nice, I love the concept!