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 (20)
5391151
Great work.
Tholian
Definitely moody.
clbsmiley
Great postwork.
Feliciti
great manip and meaningful too !!
ArtistKimberly
great work
wotan
Fantastic PW... very creative and beautiful portrait!
odile
This is very nicely composed! Bravo!
m_j_s
Very nicely done Gun!
claude19
Great interpretation and creativity !!! splendid colors !!!
helanker
WOW! a strong Expression here. Excellent.
Faemike55
Very good work
jocko500
I like this a lot
geoffwoods
this is a fav Gun no two ways about it.... brilliant work
fallen21
Amazing portrait work.
thecytron
Stunning image!
charpix
Oh wow, this is amazing!
emmecielle
Fabulous image! :)
magichild2
Excellent work..
Campo-Diaz
Awesome work.
three_grrr
revealing layered work .. the face we all see, tear away a layer and underneath the public face is the true face showing us all the pain and the scars .. but what is underneath that face? Does the sweet trusting child still exist deep inside? Beautiful and sensitive work