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 (22)
helanker
OH WOW! How lovely it is, Gun. You really did a splendid job on this.
Bossie_Boots
Wow Gun this is amazing and a wonderful dedi to a lovely lady superb work !!
Faemike55
Very beautiful work, Gun Ilona will be very pleased with this
kansas
Very lovely!
tulipe
That's beautiful!
5391151
Sensitive render.
lonely_wolf
WOW! Great work - looks real!
emmecielle
Outstanding image! Wonderful work! :)
cvrad
wonderful image
HeavensBlonde
awesome
odile
Very pretty! Here again the colors are superb!
DrCarl
gentle and beautiful....water lilies are amazing things, I have shot them many times.this is a lovely image Gun
geoffwoods
Well done my friend this is a beautiful piece of art. Superb lighting. Geoff.
m_j_s
Very delicate and serene! Water lilies always make me think of Monet, which leaves a very peaceful feeling in me!
npauling
This has turned out so well with its beautiful texture. It does have a Monet look to it. Excellent work.
Ilona-Krijgsman
Nice to see your painting....it looks very nice....waterlilies are so romantic in my few.....I am glad to make you happy with my pictures
romanceworks
A very lovely work, Gun. CC
fallen21
Awesome work!
Feliciti
wonderful work !!
magichild2
Nicely done...
tizjezzme
Very wonderful work on this Lily. With your touch, it's inspiring.
Pewter7
Listening to Nightwish right now, and your peaceful image goes so well with their Epic score ...