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 (25)
Tanialmeida
a dreamlike and romantic image twinkled with emotional tension, great use of white space Gun, love it!!!
abmlober
I'll write it into my book of howtos...
cbender
full of emotion... thanks for posting - the eyes express the mood of the girl perfectly...
BowOnix
Great picture... bravo :D
Odious
cool piece of work.. I once knew a girl in school who did just that... she scribbled marker all over her face before whe went to class every morning.. she also had permanent fangs .. an interesting individual but nice person nonetheless.. I really like this work :)
kiresiwel
I like the high contrast effect. The tints of color really works well. Plus lots of motion with the use of lines.
pixologist0001
I too enjoyed the contrast of the image as well as the poem.
Tommy3D
So sad what some children have to endure. You have captured the emotion so well. Superb work of art!!!
yomah
She is still beautiful... marked or not...
my crayon was red
Thank you for the glimpse into real life
Yoshi
spidermurph
Beautiful and moving. Breathtaking work. Murph
Whatsagaltodo
Gorgeous!!!....and mezmerizing...
mooncat
I tried to color myself with crayons once, my favorite color was periwinkle, but the crayon just wouldn't stick to my skin. Wonderful image.
Synapse
And sadly this sort of thing happens all too often. Thanks again for making us stop to think.
borsy
Beautifully done!!! Excellent concept!!!
cynlee
sighi feel a flash of anger for parents who do not nourish their children's self worth & confidence... took me a long time to get over it, still find myself fighting the ghosts for control of the crayons... beautifully done Gun- so full of emotion & familiarity... luv the highkey & colors
Agny
Gun, it's beautiful! It feels like I am looking on myself. And I love myself too.
hozsarac
Dreamy! on not dobule dreamy image!!!!!...Excellently done composition!..great eyes too...right colors..thank you for sharing it.
JC_73
wonderful - it reminds me that sentence from J.L.Borges: "mirrors are abominable because they copy" - disturbing but in an artistic way
Z39_Keeper
yes I know how your words can happen -- such a shame -- what a great way to illustrate your words
acej
Agree with all above ... A great illustration - of a real girl in real life ...
estevez
Fantastic artwork ! Wonderful colors and effects ! Excellent technique and very creative ! "MY VOTE " Congratulations !
SirJohn
The very real, very traumatic pain of childhood is represented point blank with this image gun. This is a strong message rendered with precision. Fantastic work gun.
FearaJinx
I see you've struck a cord with a lot of people Gun...I must say this is a very good image and means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Fantastic job in touching us with reality!
Mandos
!!! Very potent work! the content is touching ','
nikita_s_cold
I can remember, when I was little, destroying pictures of myself because I never liked what I saw in the mirror. I was never pretty enough, never worthy enough. Even today I cannot always look at myself, but I have made peace with the scars and the psychological wounds they left. Childhood is over and I am still alive...and perhaps that is everything.