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 (22)
Kropot
Adorebel animals. I have 5 of em, I could have a hunderd. There so sweet.
WandM
Lovely cat and story. Hope you will stay for a long time close friends!
ravenwing75
Wonderful picture! Cats are great characters, each with their own ways and most of them understand.
Synapse
Awww, so cute ;-)
Armorbeast
Awww...this is so cute!!And never fret,every cat is special to the ones they own (lol) and to see that you love him like this makes him even more precious!!!
tibet2004uk
Beautiful pic! Just makes me want to kiss him! So adorable! Great work! :)
Tommy3D
Cats are so wonderful, they bring a lot of joy!! Lovely photo, Gun!! Your simon is so cute!!
cynlee
so there's simon asleep as sweet as could be! pets >^-^<
borsy
Excellent image!!!
JC_73
beautiful cat indeed, but the ability to shot him it's fantastic (words from a cat lover)
sootlach
Looks very peaceful. Mine has scratches all over. He is a pirate, a hunter, a monster. He locally caused the extinction of owls.
Akinom
He's too cute! And this shot is heartmelting! Thanks for sharing!
funkandjazz
Beautifully done! A warm and touching image. :)
Michelle A.
He's a beautiful little boy! Nothing quite like a cat to share a friendship with.... :~)
Varian
Purrfect picture! I think the last time you posted his pic, he had been so ill. I'm glad he's still around with us. :)
SirJohn
Very nice pic gun... my cat is a necessary part of our house too.
estevez
Very pretty scene and beautiful cat ! Lovely !!! Congratulations !
jgeorge
It's really pretty!
Tanialmeida
they bring so much joy, such a tender image, Gun i love it!! ;0]
Sunster
Awwwww Gun, what a sweetheart! I'm sure he brings you as much joy as you bring him. A lovely image. :)
Rendered2Blue
Gosh~ He looks so much like Sushi, who is now my daughter's cat.
Lovely and sweet photo!! The texture in this looks so touchable~
How did you do this with out waking him? ;)
logiloglu
beautiful done. !!!!!! :O) !!!!!!