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 (18)
Bossie_Boots
Oh wow this is amazing !!
5391151
Well done!!
geoffwoods
fantastic as always Gun... wonderful reds they really stand out against the blacks, love it.... Geoff
odile
You did a great job with Jack"Johnny Depp" Sparrow! :)) What I like best is the wonderful light! Well done,dear friend!
claude19
I think like Odile !!!
wotan
Really cool... agree with Odile!
HeavensBlonde
wow awesome
caviedes
Great!!!
fallen21
Fantastic portrait!
Faemike55
Very cool work
Feliciti
oh wow !!excellent done !!
NetWorthy
This is really great. Depth and light treatment are excellent. I like the "impressionist" style too. Nice work.
helanker
Excellent result here, Gun. Beautiful light in this image.
emmecielle
Fantastic portrait! :)
npauling
You have really brought out his character in this fabulous work. Superb lighting.
jocko500
cool
ia-du-lin
great portrait, great work
three_grrr
WOW!! Johnny Dep would pay to own this magnificent portrait of him as Jack Sparrow! This is so wonderful!