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)
helanker
A very lovely image Gun. :-)
Faemike55
Very lovely work, Gun Excellent work
flavia49
excellent!
Hubert
Lovely and very expressive!
5391151
Very nice !!!
Bossie_Boots
This is brilliant art Gun !!
odile
Superb! I love the colors and set up. Really brilliant.
Dreamingbee
this is so wonderful
ArtistKimberly
Wonderful
emmecielle
Splendid work! :)
cvrad
very clever use of the woodcuts.
m_j_s
Very imaginative use of the woodcuts!
DrCarl
absolutely beautiful and please ...do show us the dog portraits, I shoot animals as part of day job and I am always looking for inspiration.... the delicate colours and textures in this are really lovely
magichild2
Very lovely image. Well done.
geoffwoods
This is lovely Gun a beautiful piece of art. Geoff.
npauling
This is very beautiful with a lovely touch of mystery. Excellent textures and colours.
soffy
Beautiful and so elegant Art work,excellent***
fallen21
Fantastic work.
kansas
I like this very much.
nikolais
just brilliant!
Infra5
Very nicely done. How do you make your images?