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)
gallimel
Gosh... I LOVE this one :) :) :) Rembrandt probably would have too :) Great, great portrait :)
Tanialmeida
warm colors, textures and lines all wrapped up in an xzllent barroc mood! stunning!
jyriviuhko
Jupp!! It's excellent work!!
xHaruF
Very good work. Great technic :))
danob
Superb work no more need be said!!
Odious
Tania says it all.. nice work :)
Sunster
Fantastic!!!
cristab
I love this!!! The guy in the pic looks very nice too =) make more in this style.
spiderwebb
Oh wow, this is awesome! Beautiful coloring & textures. What a wonderful compliment to enhance to someones picture so warmly. Well done!
mooncat
This is awesome! I love the background.
cambert
Excellent background, you've caught the light perfectly :-)
borsy
Excellent image!!!! Fantastic color and composition!!!
Tommy3D
Wow! A fantastic image! This is what portrait work is all about!
JordyArt
Gun, thanks hon - this is way cool! oooooh... you've made me famous!!! lol (@cristab - cheers! you know how to boost a guy's ego!)
AxoNe.FLuX
its a la wonderful! ^,,^
Tenjiro
Great image, very moody model - good atmosphere created woth that background too!
SoulEatar
Beautiful Work - Outstanding Art -
g_i_tammy
great work! :O)
rudaMajka
Excellent Work!!!
cynlee
perfect! luv the texture & color- he's gotta be just luvin this!