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)
DawnStar
This is wonderful, Gunsan. The words and picture merge together to make the meaning so clear.
deemarie
You remain the master of artistic-words!
Stacey_73
Holy crap! I LOVE this! swoons heh, master of the vernacular I know... Still, this image truly -does- have the capacity to render one speechless. Simultaneously pointed and poignant. A wonderful work of art. I applaud you.
ascrazy
Wonderful artimage!! Superb Gun!!!
looter
somehow the light parts are always easier to swollow then the dark. marvelous wording. much praise for the image also.
acej
Another great work. Underbart Gun! Ser att du sitter uppkopplad just nu, hehehe ... Har'u ft bredbandet nu? :)
danob
Another wonderfully enigmatic piece!! Your words ring true..Like all things in life you get out what you put in!!
jyriviuhko
WOW!! and every time I step into your little corner of Rosity... you blow me away!! Beautiful work and all the right words to go a long with it!!
abmlober
I like this image so much - and the poem too. I must admit - sometimes I have to face the darker side of people when they hide their kind parts. Then I wish it was the other way...
Tanialmeida
wise words in a brilliant piece of art!
cynlee
the good with the bad, the happy with the sad, wonderfully composed & ultracreative! :]
Briggie
The poem totattly sets this off... Excellent work!
borsy
Absolutely beautiful!!!!!
gallimel
it is so true, and so classy, amazingly showed in a simple, yet rich image, that I can just say you 2Thank you for being so true and sensitive". The reality of everyone is wider than the even most evident part of it could show. Nothing is fully perceivable, without it's opposite on. Hugs :)
Sunster
The richness of this stunning image combined with poignant words makes this another outstanding creation!! Love it! :)
darksecret1
interesting image. :)
shemosus
far beyond excellency with three miles.
jenr8r
beautiful image! great work! :D
LindaB
So true - excellent work!
mooncat
WOW, outstanding!!! another favorite for me.
SirJohn
This is just beautiful gun, another lovely creation.
krominegray
Beautiful image and words. Wow!
JC_73
the art speaks for itself - very good technique serving the emotions