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)
geoffwoods
It would be my privilege to hang any one of your pieces of art on my walls gun and this is no exception. beautiful work as usual my friend. geoff.
lonely_wolf
Your images should be immortalized in a book - so beautiful!
5391151
very tactile....I love the scratch marks.
odile
Very lovely still life!
Faemike55
Very beautiful work, Gun I'm with Geoff on hanging your images on my walls
Bossie_Boots
Totally blown me away i would have this and any piece of your work on my wall too its amazing !!
jmb007
beau travail!!
Wolfmanw
Awesome Job
Feliciti
like this !!very beautiful effects too !!
helanker
OH Yes, I know this plant and nothing stings more that this, but it is mighty beautiful too. Lovely.
m_j_s
Oh I like it! A Lot!!
tizjezzme
Excellent image Gun ... ♥
ia-du-lin
great structure, fantastic image
magichild2
I like the 3d effect you gave the image and background. Fantastic job.
anaber
This is GREAT ART Gun!! Your choose of colours and tones and the texture in background make your image a wonder beyond the words!
romanceworks
It's wonderful! CC
ontar1
It is gorgeous, one of your best, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
emmecielle
Great image! :)
cvrad
nice details and textures
three_grrr
They grow all over here. They are beautiful in bloom, and stunning when the blooms are gone and what's left dries like this .. we have ones with sort of light purple blooms and one that's white. They are called Canadian Thistle, common and cut-leaf. You've made it even more beautiful!
lyron
Marvelous work!!
Pewter7
Lovely! Very peaceful to view.