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 (10)
BowOnix
Realy interesting composition, i like it very much. Bravo !
borsy
Beautifully done!!
gallimel
Powerful statement, visualized in such an original way.You have the awesome skill of using the simplest elements in such combinations, that one has always to wonder how you did manage to think at them that way in the first place. Amazing work :)And I like the Epicurean statement :)
cynlee
had to stare at this for awhile- the shape lends itself to 3D perfectly & the face within is most haunting... your title turns it into a statement... so i shall think of her as a freeform instead
Tanialmeida
such a marvelous and creative idea! your sensibility shinnes all over Gun, thank u 4 sharing ;0]
Kropot
eXCELLENT WORK
ojaba
This is really great! I like the idea, the craft and the end result. This type of picture is extra interesting because humans will try to see a face wherever we can se anything that reminds us of a pair of eyes and a mouth. Most of hour brain works with recognising and remember faces Great one! :-)
ascrazy
I like the idea!! Textures and colouring is beautiful!!
SirJohn
Ha.... you are so doggone CLEVER gun! Love your thought patterns, your work inspires deeper thought and I love that.
Synapse
Oh man, this is so confrontational... you can't ignore it, it stares right into you. Well done :-)