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 (25)
wotan Online Now!
Intriguing, dark and beautiful !!!
emmecielle
A very suggestive image! Stunning work! :)
odile
Superb pose and texture!
SenZzo
Pose/expression, light and textures: perfect!
claude19
this is a superb scene !
psyoshida
Dark and mysterious and totally intriguing. Beautiful artwork!!
kansas
Sultry and mysterious. Well done.
stolta
Really fantastic work!!!!!!!!!
KaiArt
Excellent work
jocko500
she looks mad. may she knows who killed her husband as she is dress in black. just a idea when i first looked at this image.
Faemike55
Very cool work and great saying Excellent work Gun
West_coaster07
Wonderful work my friend!!!! I love the work you have done on this series!!
TW1
Awesome.The textures make it.
Feliciti
meaningful and excellent!!
Palaemon
Very beautiful !
tibet2004uk
Oh me like!!! Dark, mysterious and sexy!
helanker
Looks really fantastic.
thecytron
AmaZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzing style of portrait!
tofi
Lovely words and composition, Dear Gun. Ironically true what you've stated in your three lines, the last one so very powerful and true.... the eyes seem to tell their own story, their feeling of bitterness and perhaps even contempt. The details you have here are exceptional... and I truly admire what you've done here!
cvrad
very interesting work
caviedes
Wow!!!!!!
ontar1
Awesome, love the air of mystery and her expression, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
m_j_s
Very nice indeed Gun!
fallen21
Awesome work.
magichild2
Fantastic work