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)
haegerst
Wow, Its a REAL great artwork. At first I found it somehow disturbing, but on the other side I find life itself disturbing... Damn good work, keep it on... Fascinates me...
vangogh
WOW!! This is excellently done. Love the grainyness as it adds to the idea of out of focus sttention to what is going on around us. the drab color scheme fits the subject very well too.
ascrazy
Subtele fantastic colour! Excellent artwork!
jyriviuhko
FANTASTIC!! oj!! Svt att sa mer... it hard to find anything more to say.. Ooh... breathtaking.. Mmm.. Yupp!!
syndroid
Extreme softness, I guess it reflects your way of thinking. Subtle and graceful.
Aeneas
Nothing is more afraid than a shadow is from sunset.
Sunster
Charming!! Beautifully done! :)
gallimel
will you ever disappoint me, even just a little? :) It must be hard to keep on ruling from the highest stars, but dear.. you keep doing it. So greatly. Luv :)
borsy
Beautifully done!!! Excellent composition and color!! Love the softness of the piece!!
lunarmonkey3
Beautiful image, subtle, powerful and tragic. Makes me want to say hello to everyone I see in the street!
Synapse
I know it's an overworked word by far, but "beautiful" still fits :-)
Tanialmeida
this has your signature all over it! beautiful!
mooncat
Wow, this is so amazing, the composition is visually perfect in every way but the feeling it provokes is intense beyond explanation.
acej
beautiful!!! in swedish: Kan du inte ga en dig bild nn gg satt vi f ge litet mindre positiv kritik som omvling, hehehe. - Kram! Conny
danob
You always produce wonderful work but This is one of your best!!!
yomah
She is beautiful and her eyes are full of thought. But there are times when it is best that shadows pass and leave the other untouched. This is another touching work to add to your excellent gallery. Yoshi
SoulEatar
Very Provocative Beautiful Image -
crrunchyfrog
Incredibly intense, beautifully composed, it shudders my soul. Thank you so much for sharing it :D
JC_73
great - yes: could be an affiche for some avant-garde film
logiloglu
simply wonderful. i love the mood on it. superb as always. !!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!