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 (23)
tiff666
That looks really cool! Great job!
5391151
Talking very loudly too! Well done image.
odile
The texture is very good! Well done!
Feliciti
yes the summer is gone :( wonderful work on this !!
Jix
When I look at this creation, I think of the Mona Lisa. I do not know why, but it reminds me of her.
ia-du-lin
wonderful portrait, wonderful green eyes, great artwork
Mondwin
Marvelous portrait my dear!!!Bravissima!:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
claude19
excellent textures and wonderful colors !!!Not a DeVinci but a splendid ArtWork !!!
caviedes
Excellent image!!!
Faemike55
Very cool scene, Gun Nice work
thecytron
Interesting style of portrait!
Bossie_Boots
Brilliant superb work !!
kagemusha77
Very symbolic work, great idea for this image!
emmecielle
Splendid green eyes! Very beautiful work! :)
m_j_s
Such intensely beautiful green eyes and the way the red cloth comes across her face is so suggestive of hidden words being said! Brilliant image Gun!
helanker
WOW what eyes she has. Awesome. Yea and I cant see out of my windows, as they are SOOOOO dirty of this stormy weather and it is only a little over a week ago since they were polishes. DANG!
magichild2
The eyes do have it. Wonderful portrait.
Hubert
Intense and very expressive!! Wonderfully done! (It reminds me of that famous NG photo of an Afghan girl.)
npauling
The eyes certainly do the talking in this fabulous image. Superb work with the textures too.
geoffwoods
very powerful gun as always superb. Geoff.
wotan
One of your best... the title says all!
tizjezzme
Such a stunning work of art Gun. ♥ ♥ ♥
three_grrr
It's strange to think that in so much of this earth, women ARE silenced. They dare not speak up, yet their eyes speak so eloquently. Such a beautiful portrait of one of those women, who are valued less then cattle.