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 (21)
Bossie_Boots
Your work is always amazing gun and a pleasure to view please dont worry about comments hugs lou x
mermaid
Gun this is very very well done and very appealing :)
stolta
Wonderful work, dont worry ,just be happy hugs!!!
ACue
Lovely. Great work.
helanker
Very lovely portrait Gun. Love the texture :)
odile
Very nice portrait and colors.
5391151
nice image.
Faemike55
Your work is so evocative and beautiful Excellent work
npauling
A super image with lovely colouring and textures. Excellent title.
Feliciti
wonderful work on this,like the colortones !! the title fits perfect too !!
hipps13
thoughts stare among the colors warm hugs, Linda
m_j_s
You have yet again captured a mood perfectly! Wonderful strong colours in this one too!
jclP
Very nice portrait and colors.
fallen21
Excellent portrait work!
romanceworks
Dramatic and very artistic portrait. CC
lyron
Wonderful!!!
emmecielle
Superb portrait! Splendid colours! :)
caviedes
Well done!!!!
junge1
Superb!
Campo-Diaz
Awesome work.
cvrad
nice work sorry so behind in commenting