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)
Tanialmeida
... when reality begins dimension is everything!
mmirnii
phat image! some work there. :)
syndroid
Great image and colors. So many children live in poverty.
Henrik_K
very expressive and touching
borsy
Beautiful artwork!!!
Trance
very expressive of conditions in the world today. very good work.
abmlober
I like this image very much!
bevchiron
Powerful composition Gun, great work!
PaperDoll
All of these comments are saying the same thing; but this work is so much more than what can be put in words. I'll take a whack at it anyways, Simply entrancing.
irix.
really powerful piece it speaks for itself
amapitodd
You're the artist of the month of March to me. Excellent art, Gun. An artist after my own heart.
AxoNe.FLuX
beautiful...all of your pieces are....yet theres some sadness there too ^,,^
mooncat
WOW!!! excellent POV, this is intense!!! Beautiful!
gallimel
all your atmospheres speak directly to the inner soul. I can try to fly and get the line escaping through that above sky... I feel I can fly, indeed.
Heart'Song
Wonderful.........just perfect! Bleak existence, but also hope!
JordyArt
Kewl..... I need say no more, you know how jealous I get of your talent! (",)
SirJohn
Remarkable as always gun. Great work.
Odious
Brilliant work.... the composition is impeccable :)
Synapse
I would assume your work is processed photography, am I correct here? You treat your images with soft textures to make them more closely resemble paintings. Some of the textures here remind me of stains, for example from coffee. Beautiful.
mysnapz
You just cant help yourself can you Gun this is truly a great piece, I love the eyes and your composition. Fantastic. :0 )
jyriviuhko
My english isn't good enough to express what I feel for your work!! Sorry!!
Caithream
Oh,Gunsan This is lovely.You are a prolific,perfectionistartist.We should be viewing your works in a gallery!
ladynimue
"Like the ray of light has found its way into the darkness, the beauty of her innocent knowing eyes reflect hope from within".