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)
5391151
Today I walked in sunny hot weather,about 3miles with deer flies chasing me....lol.....this is another one of your sensitive images though!
lonely_wolf
Very sensual!
Feliciti
well seen in her face , great work !!
jclP
nice portrait very good expression
odile
Very nice!
fallen21
Fantastic portrait!
Ilona-Krijgsman
what a wonderful expression and postwork
Faemike55
Very beautiful Excellent work
romanceworks
Wonderful colors and texturing. CC
tennesseecowgirl
excellent!
thecytron
Stunning style of portrait!
helanker
The real summer was here, this afternoon LOL ! But not for long. Wonderful portrait and excellent texture, Gun :)
m_j_s
Wonderful portrait! A very thoughtful look on her face indeed!
Pewter7
Hi Gun! Another nice painting with very pleasing colors, and a lovely girl. I'll trade you some of my heat for some of your cold :) Today at work, they installed a new programmable thermostat in my office, but something has gone wrong, and for the past 45 minutes it has been blowing heat. It is 85 degrees in here! I finally figured out how to turn it off, but it is still warm. Outside, it's about a hundred. God bless :)
emmecielle
A splendid portrait! fantastic colours! Here in Sicily, the summer is already here... temperatures are ranging from 30°C to 35°C (86°F/95°F) Hugs! :)
ontar1
Beautiful portrait, love her expression, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
magichild2
A very lovely well done portrait.
jcrjuan
Fantastico y marabilloso trabajo,excelente comoposicion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brewgirlca
Reminds me of the famouse Afghan girl on the cover of National Geographic many years ago.
vintorix
I like the motive and the statement but I prefer your other, more carefully and detailed painting style as in, Pondering on life and death http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1828894&user_id=16612&page=4&member&np Escaping to my forest http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1867053&user_id=16612&page=3&member&np Winter fools spring http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1848525&user_id=16612&page=4&member&np I would love to be able to paint like that!
caviedes
Excellent image!!!
lyron
Splendid portrait!!!
HannaK
Awesome work colors and textures
cvrad
nice work