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 (24)
odile
Very nice composition.
Palaemon
Amazing image, beautiful work !
tibet2004uk
Classy! The mixture of the dark background with the colours of the painting on the wall is very striking. Another brilliant creation that can't leave one unmoved.
miztere
superb!
Feliciti
beautiful idea and a smile can brighten more as a dark room indeed !!
jclP
superbe compo,donne une belle profondeur..
thecytron
Xcellent textures!
Faemike55
That is so true Excellent work Gun
ontar1
Cool, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
psyoshida
I agree! Beautiful and wonderfully creative. I love it.
romanceworks
Fascinating and most creative work. CC
anaber
Great composition! Very, Very beautiful Gun:))) and very signifcant too:) Its another wonderful work of art from you!
helanker
This painting looks fantastic Gun :)
.Nachtwind.
Wonderful work! Your painting looks fantastic indeed!
emmecielle
Very nice work! :)
claude19
Composition for a Work of Art !!!
npauling
A wonderful image and your painting really does brighten up this room.
fallen21
Fantastic work!
caviedes
Excellent !!!!
danob
Fabulous work Gun
wotan Online Now!
Beautiful composition and cool piciture/room contrast !
mansco
A beautiful work my friend . Well you know how much I like your art ;O)
nikolais
beautifully masterful or msterfully beautiful!
anahata.c
Thanks so much for your comments, Gun. I haven't been commenting (though I've posted a few times the last months), otherwise I'd have come here sooner. But I wish you a blessed season & new year. Truly, I could've picked many images, but I picked this one because it has light & joy coming through the mysterious shadowed chamber, and because even in those simple walls & floors. you have your wonderful complexity, and depth of expression. You do so much with the simplest things, all your work is deep & beautiful. I voted for you for 2D artist of the month (for January). Be well & have a sweet New Year...Mark