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 (25)
odile
This is very nice, different from your usual pictures. Very nice effect with these bubbles and spots. The color palett is great as well.
Cgaynor
Very interesting and dramatic
Faemike55
Very beautiful image, Gun Excellent work
claude19
Splendid result with this texture on your portrait !!!
tizjezzme
Gun, this is awesome ♥
jmb007
superbe image!!
Pewter7
Creative artwork!
romanceworks
Wonderful textures and mood. CC
Fidelity2
Hey, this one is so cool. Well done on your part. 5+.
MSTene
nicely done
ontar1
Very beautiful, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1010
Stunning results!
helanker
Such a wonderful result and I love the texture here.
pixart1
innovative as always !
cvrad
very nice work Gun sorry I have commented as of late was trying to get caught up on everybodies galleries.
emmecielle
Wonderful work! :)
magichild2
Wow, I love the effect you did to the portrait...fantastic work
npauling
A very imaginative and beautifully created work. Excellent effects and textures too.
bimm3d
superb!!
Unoa
awesome work....how beautifull...realy realy nice one.
RodolfoCiminelli
A excellent and very creative illustration.....!!!!
alessimarco
~Stunning work! Very beautiful!~
lyron
Superb!!
three_grrr
Fire and ice .. a stunning red haired lady caught in a snowstorm .. We are in that time now, between the heat of summer and the bitter cold of winter .. it can be quite warm, even hot one day, and bitter cold with snow the next .. though the snow goes as fast as it falls. A fitting scene for spring, a fickle time .. where Mother Nature plays with us like a cat plays with a mouse ..
HeavensBlonde
love