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)
geoffwoods
Superb composition gun beautifully done.
odile
What a pretty face! Nice work.
fallen21
Fantastic work.
5391151
A good word for much of your work as well....nice ....she looks so confident and focused.
jclP
Nice work.
Bossie_Boots
She looks like she is doing martial arts is she? its a superb image !!
kansas
Very nice work.
Feliciti
great work !! like her expression !!
KaiArt
Excellent work
lonely_wolf
Again - WOW!
tizjezzme
Excellent work, Gun ...
romanceworks
She is an intriguing combo of sweetness and strength. CC
caviedes
Excellent image!!!
Faemike55
Excellent image, Gun Love the feel
jmb007
superbe image!!
emmecielle
Splendid image! :)
ontar1
Beautiful character, love her pose, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rto3d
great expression and a wonderful pose
jocko500
very good work
helanker
She has an attitude :-) Very beautiful image again :)
m_j_s
It's the Karate chick - I couldn't resist that one, it was my immediate response ! No seriously Gun, this is wonderful! Her face has a certain delicacy and yet steeliness to it! Love it! PS Forgive my humour
HeavensBlonde
I love it......
npauling
A beautiful finish to this super portrait. She looks very serious with this pose. Excellent work.
lyron
Great image!!!