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 (21)
Dreamingbee
dramatic and sensual work !!
NefariousDrO
Very moody and intense, I like the color-scheme.
jocko500
very well done
alessimarco
~Fabulously done! Nice work!~
lonely_wolf
A picture that goes under the skin.
Hendesse
Dramatic and very expressive image. Excellent work!
magichild2
This is a very dramatic piece one that is quite impressive indeed.
anaber
Very strong and expressive.I see hurt and emptyness.I love the colours and the perspective.It´s a fantastic image,Gun!!
emmecielle
A really impressive image! Wonderful work! :)
tizjezzme
very emotional ... love that grunge!
helanker
YIKES!, she fell to sleep on the stairs?? Or worse. :) Super Picture indeed and the grunge is awesome.
Faemike55
Excellent and moving work
npauling
A very impressive and original work with a very emotional feel to it. Excellent work.
Pewter7
Oh, so sad and tender, so innocent and sweet, such a soft and lovely darling. She needs a hug and some warm milk! Beautiful artwork, Gun.
jclP
Dramatic and very expressive image. Excellent work!
fallen21
Awesome work.
jmb007
superbe image!
ontar1
Expression and pose says it all, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
three_grrr
Many ways to see this, to interpret it. My imagination goes from the worst case scenario to maybe just a fall. There is a strange look on her face .. somewhere between blank and shock, as if something so traumatic has happened that she cannot take it all in .. so she lays there .. her mind empty to protect herself ... A very sensitive work, beautifully done
psyoshida
Quite dramatic! Very expressive and well done.
romanceworks
Intensely powerful. CC