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 (26)
Dreamingbee
yes - today i also went out into wonderful nature with sunny weather wonderful work here ;) enjoy your rest of sunday hugs heike
wotan
Fascinating, always...!
claude19
superb portrait ! very intimate !
odile
Lovely scene and colors.
papasmrfe
Wonderfully done! Very nice work!
Bossie_Boots
This as always Gun is amazing love autumn colours !!
danob
Wonderful Autumnal colours, and love the way you have to look to check orientation of the pose
JuliSonne
A wood nymphe.....superb!
Feliciti
wonderful work on this scene , like the autumn colors and her view!!
emmecielle
A wonderful pose! Splendid work and fantastic colours! :)
Faemike55
Wonderful image, Gun
helanker
WOndeful image Gun and the the right colors for this time of the year :)
5391151
Very very nice.
ia-du-lin
wonderful autumn colors, great work
jocko500
lovely done
anaber
A wonder Gun! The colours of the leafs blending with her hair.Beautiful pose too.
npauling
Very imaginative work and so well done. The colours and textures are gorgeous.
zoren
nice!
hipps13
wonderful warm hugs, Linda
geoffwoods
superb Gun as always Autumns my favourite time of the year.
kagemusha77
Superb seasonal image, masterful colors!
caviedes
Well done!!!!
magichild2
Lovely portrait
fallen21
Awesome portrait.
three_grrr
For me, it is necessary to get out in the country side, away from the city. And that is why I treasure the time we have at the Hollow .. it has priority over everything. I even cancel appointments if they conflict with going to the Hollow! A walk in the meadows, a walk in the woods, a walk in the creek .. just recharges my soul. But rolling in the leaves like this beautiful young thing is doing isn't as easy as it used to be, LOL!!
romanceworks
A very unique image. Love Autumn. The aspens are in full bloom where I am. CC