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)
caviedes
Excellent image, very well done!!!!
jocko500
he is looking lol. cool work
wotan
Very dramatic... XLT pw!
phfrancke
well done - very strong feeling here.
odile
Great impressive picture!
claude19
very moving shot ! great coloring.
SidheRoseGraphics
This is a wonderful portrait. Super work!
helanker
LOL ! Hopefully you will be able to make many pictures further. :))) Wonderful image, this one.
geoffwoods
superb work gun very strong image
Feliciti
a characterful face !! excellent work !!
fallen21
Stunning picture!
anaber
Fantastic portrait,Gun!Your painting is very strong.Dramatic and powerful.
Faemike55
Very beautiful and powerful image, Gun His face has seen a full life, filled with joy and sorrow
thecytron
Stunning style of portrait!
groegnitram
What a wonderfully melancholy in there, Gun!
Bossie_Boots
Wow Gun incredible !!
emmecielle
Great work! :)
npauling
This looks fabulous as you have really brought out his character. I'm glad you have had time to post too.
kansas
Excellent. Great facial expression.
lior
Very powerful artwork!I was bound to love this one.
romanceworks
Wow, this is very powerful. CC
JaneEden
Unique portrait art, really excellent Gun, hugs Jane xx
three_grrr
This is amazing. I can see in those eyes, that there is still a young soul. Maybe because I feel that way and see what I want to see. I wonder if he gets a small shock when he looks in the mirror, or sees a reflection of himself, and wonders, who is that old man? And then realizes it is himself. A very sensitively created work, and I the title .. is perfect.