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 (12)
gallimel
intriguing concept. It's a classic, and you treat it in a masterful way. What's so mesmerizing about perspective and sight on things? All vanish in thsi baby's cry out loud.beautiful work :)
danob
Its a very powerful concept it touches the very soul!!
yomah
I like this very much. I believe the child in us is always locked away. You have powerful work that speak volumes without a single word. Yoshi
borsy
Excellent image!! Very emotional and powerful!!
JC_73
the title suggest a "locking" - can't find any difference between the two options. and, maybe, this is the reason why the child is crying. xcellent and voted
Odious
Our inner child is never too far away... it's only a shame that some of us lock it in or out... awesome image!! :)
mooncat
Very emotional, disturbing, and powerful. Excellent!
jyriviuhko
Another one with a deeper meening.. carying thoughts to all of us who view it! Excellent work!
Synapse
I always hate to see children cry, it always disturbs me because you can't always tell why they're crying... usually it's something trivial but there's always that slight doubt that makes you wonder if it's not something more important. To see the cage obscuring the view here makes this one very disturbing indeed. I can look at any amount of gory freaked-out art, it's not real, but something like this really can be something of a shock. Thanks for posting.
syndroid
Ehm...I kinda thought the kid was yawning or smiling (smiling actually), why make a photo of a crying child? Any way...this could be a great attempt at mocking the males on this planet. essential we men are still kinds trapped in adult bodies (if reaching a certain age of course)
SoulEatar
As Mr. Mom of a 3yr old - He's saying I want to go to Target and buy a Ninja Turtle - You know kids are so precious they are my life - This is a very painful image - Do Not do this to a child - There are to many childern in this world without hope - You can find one and help - If you don't know how or where e-mail me and I will help you - I don't work for any charity - I just do it because I can - So can you -
Tanialmeida
love! love will drop all locks and cages!