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.
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Comments (21)
rudaMajka
Oh! This is so good!!! I love it...:)
Kropot
This technics you use are stunning, beautifull work.
mysnapz
This is super Gun. I like your choice of texture and portrait they really complement each other, reminds me of a picture painted in oils. :0 )
Tommy3D
Yes very much like a dream:) Love the way you blended the background colors into the portrait of this beautiful lady!! Wonderful!!!
artingrid
Great. Looks like one from the old masters!
Synapse Online Now!
A very nice roughness there, heightens the ambiguity :-)
borsy
Excellent artwork!!!!
cynlee
like an old & worn fresco detail, beautiful work! :]
gangolf
wonderful work, very well done +++
DawnStar
I like the muted fall colors. They blend quite well with the skin tones of the girl. :)
estevez
Very beautiful ! This composition with the textures and the colors remembers a work to me of art of Leonardo Da Vince. Congratulations !
crrunchyfrog
Beautiful expressionistic piece Gun! Thank you so much for creating and sharing this hugs :D
gallimel
oh Gun.. this is like a whisper of emotion in my eyes. Takin shape like smoking light.
malanda
Yes - cynlee: Fresco is the right word. This gives the touch of old and the authenticity (right word?) can shine through.
KingPtolemy
Amazing composition, excellent work of art!!!
mooncat
wonderful textures.
SirJohn
I love this one gun. It makes me think of what a televisions memory might look like.
tibet2004uk
That's exactly the style that I cherish! Beautiful! Nothing else to say! Simply beautiful!
Wolkentaucher
Great artwork, it is really excellent.
ascrazy
Oh Gun!! Wonderful artimage, indeed absolutely wonderful!! I like one!! vote
RubyLips
This I have To Say Is One Of My Very Favorites That You`ve Done ....Just looking at this image I feel Like I can almost hear what her heart might be whispering ....and what her soul might be feeling...Part Pain and Part Wonderful Memories....So beautifully rendered!