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 (23)
Ilona-Krijgsman
wonderful artwork, lovely flowers.....and face .... you forgot the R in your title
odile
Well it's lovely. It's holyday, here in Paris as well. Cheers Odile
gunsan
Thaks for pointing to the typo Ilona, I didn't see it :-)
Bossie_Boots
Oh wow this is incredible amazing art Gun !!
geico2000
lovely!
helanker
OH That is indeed so lovely, Gun! I really find this very delightful. Yes, we have holiday too. OH, and yes, the Oil paint was working, but is was not as soft as it should be. And it was not 15 years old. I got it 4 years back as a b-day present :)
HeavensBlonde
wow awesome
cvrad
very nice portrait it ia a holiday in Germany as well but I work on for the US so I'm at work on my lunch now.
Hubert
Very beautiful!!
5391151
Nicely done delicacy.
Faemike55
Very beautiful work Excellent
Feliciti
wonderful dreamy work, but she looks a littlebit sad :)
romanceworks
Soft and very lovely. CC
m_j_s
The image and the title go so brilliantly together, a really nice idea! I love the softness of it.
tizjezzme
This is beautiful Gun ♥
dough3219
I love it !
npauling
This is so beautiful Gun with its lovely soft colours and pretty flowers.
hipps13
beautiful work warm hugs, Linda
fallen21 Online Now!
Awesome work.
magichild2
This one is really beautifully done.
Pewter7
This is very lovely Gun, really nice work!
emmecielle
Splendid image! In Italy, June 2 is the Republic Day, in memory of his birth in 1946, thanks to a people referendum!
ontar1
Beautifully done, love the colors, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!