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 (15)
borsy
Excellent work of art!!!!!
BowOnix
Nicely done Gun.. cool :)
Varian
So sweet, it's nearly painful. The bird is great, the absence of her mouth, the streaks of the paint...sweet.
Gini
Very beautiful .........I like your colour palette on this, quiet but rich
rudaMajka
Very atractive image!!!
Tanialmeida
stunning! just love the soft richness of it all, the figure with no lips conveys the theme mood perfectly, the solitary bird makes for interesting spectulation, brilliant artwork full of emotions, love it!!!
mysnapz
I know Im going to like this before it opens from the thumbnail, I was not disappointed love the elements and the eyes, so important in this tell the whole story,Super. :0 )
Synapse
Lost in the ether, speechless; it's dark and she can't find her way, but it's a warm feeling, there's no real sense of threat. Nice :-)
Kropot
Excellent tribute to my daughter ;) Superb work
malanda
To rell a whole story with (only) a face, a bird, colors and placement is all a picture can do. And yours invites to think about learning from nature, the sadness of being not yet able to express oneself. But it also expresses our longing for the beauty of a little bird which could teach us so much. Excellent.
LindaB
Very mysterious & moving image!
cynlee
your images have such great feeling... so does this... silent so we may listen to appretiate :]
brainworks
you allready knows how to perfectly express your self!!!
gallimel
those eyes and their bluegrey tones.. they really speak in silence.They do out loud.
Rendered2Blue
I thought I had put a comment here, before~ I must have been in one of my do and run moments.
This sings with emotion and beautiful element!