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)
Faemike55
I see you and I want to hold you until your nightmares go away Be at peace child! Beautiful image, Gun
m_j_s
Very intense and beautiful Gun!
Feliciti
i agree ...it*s very intense!! but great !!!
HeavensBlonde
wow Gun awesome
5391151
Soooo well done !!!!
npauling
You come up with amazing work in the middle of the night. This has such a lot of meaning to it. Excellent work.
stolta
Great work!
jocko500
super looking
odile
Another beautiful portrait in the excellent series you're working on.
lyron
Fantastic work!!!!
geico2000
wonderful! I see you...
geoffwoods
this is stunning my friend, and I don't go swimming in the lake there's sharks but in the ocean yes.
caviedes
Lovely!!!
fallen21
Superb portrait.
Bossie_Boots
Incredible and powerful portrait superb work 1!
emmecielle
Magnificent portrait! :)
hipps13
wonderful warm hugs, Linda
Pewter7
What a lovely expression in her beautiful eyes!
icerian
Very nice done. Face is speaking when keeps silent.
helanker
Gorgeous portrait again. Hun minder lidt om pigen I Tv serien Den hvide sten :)
romanceworks
Powerful and poignant. CC
cvrad
very nice
three_grrr
The look on her face, the title .. evokes very strong feelings of empathy .. I think a child often feels like this .. and even adults .. she feels invisible .. pushed to the side as an object, not seen, yet she sees out and wishes she too could be seen and loved and a part of ... Beautiful and strong work
tizjezzme
I love this Gun...