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)
cbender
thanks gun - your picture shows a nameless beauty - really undescribable... - christian
jade_nyc
just beautiful! great concept
BowOnix
You are a great artist Gunsan! Your work is full of sensibility and love :D
Tanialmeida
over here the weather is changing at last, we had rain already and nights are much, much, cooler ;0] i simply move this compo Gun, there is so much light and depth, so much beauty in letting go, a lot of powerful emotions swirling through this artwork ;0] vote
cynlee
the nights do feel a bit cooler & the summer greenery is losing it's richness... more from lack of water & the extreme heat... this is absolutely lovely! i luv the mood, you have done summer proud gun :]
mis-misty
meget vackert, det er ligesom om billedet er taget gennem et meleret vindue.
acej
Vacker och mycket talande bild ... men jag vill inte, vill inte, vill inte att det ska vara sant! Inte nu i alla fall.
ascrazy
Beautiful concept and image!!
DawnStar
What a lovely image! And yes I can feel a change in the air...summer is losing it's hot little grip...it's beginning to fall. :)
Z39_Keeper
setting it free - it will always be summer when ever a glimps of a butterfly is seen -- wonderful feeling that comes through your picture!
thinkingoriginal
Wow this is absolutely beautiful!
crrunchyfrog
Touchingly beautiful, you are the master of such moments Gun :) Thank you for sharing :D
borsy
Fantastic artwork and concept!!!
bevchiron
Beautiful feeling of transience & nostalgia.
Tommy3D
Amazing work of art!! Bravo!!!
jyriviuhko
And isn't that just lovely... The autumn brings us the beginning of a new cycle... all that has given us their energy will now go to sleep or wither away and die.. and then there is a new dawn.. creeping over us after a brief time of sleep, darkness and cold..
SirJohn
It is the same here... so many mixed emotions for me during the phase in between the seasons. Wonderful work as always!
Mandos
mmmm Michelangelo comes into my mind... excellent!
estevez
Brillant artwork ! Very beautiful scene and excellent colors and effect ! Congratulations !
brainworks
very romantic
malanda
What a tender way to catch a mood - one really can feel the autumn coming - Excellent!
shot2pieces
Indeed the autumn's coming, but this picture would also make a wonderful artwork for a CD... Bravo
shemosus
very tender , stimulates beautiful emotions .