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 (24)
anaber
OH!!Gun!! This is fabulous!! No words for such emotion expressed here. I love it all! Excellent done as only you know:)! BRAVO to you!
m_j_s
I can feel the nails being scratched down the blackboard, eek! Wonderful conceptualisation!!
thecytron
Stunning!
Faemike55
WOW! Fantabulous work Very raw and moving
HeavensBlonde
wow very intense, love it
odile
Very powerful image! Excellent posing and texture.
SirJohn
Oh my... this one caught me off guard. What an amazingly fitting title for the image that you have shared with us. This really does inspire a fear of subconscious dread. Awesome work Gun, pure and simple. -SJ
danob
Very powerful work Gun! Superb...
Bossie_Boots
Wow incredible !!
magichild2
Powerful and provocative and I agree the title fits the render
romanceworks
Bizarre and fascinating. CC
geoffwoods
Wow Gun your going from strength to strength, this is wonderful very powerful. Geoff.
npauling
Very scary, with marvellous effects. Excellent work.
jocko500
do look spooky here
jclP
excellent
pixart1
For me your best job in last few weeks. Intense in every way - great stuff!!!
tennesseecowgirl
Very nice.
ia-du-lin
great artwork, cool struture
knupps
Looking great. Interesting work. Liker effekten veldig godt.
cvrad
very emtotive you can sense the movement and struggle of the character excellent work my friend.
fallen21
Excellent creation.
5391151
Captures it well !
Pewter7
Superb representation of emotion here Gun, you've really taken off with your new style. Love to see what you come up with next! :)
three_grrr
WOW! Gun this grabs my heart and twists .. I can feel the fear and see the nightmare! You have such a way of reaching our emotions with your wondrous paintings! So beautiful, yet so eerie and dark!