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 (21)
malanda
Even out of "Nothingness" now and out of "no inspiration" before - you create jewels of sensibility - Take care and all the best. V
gallimel
teh spiderweebb like choking barrier, yet so thin and light it lets other see you and let you see the world outrside. Everytime these kind of images remind me of Cure's "Lullaby". a great way to express yourself and your state of late.Hugs dear...
IndigoSplash
Looks like he's in a cacoon. I'm confident he'll emerge a beautiful butterfly. Ok ok, that sounded corny :) Awesome image nonetheless. A lot of my images tend to show entanglement or smothering too, so I think I empathize to some degree. I'll post one of them tomorrow. Hang in there...((hugs))
Artzy
Nicely Done!
Odious
wow... i really like this and the thought process behind it... it looks as though this person is almost frozen in ice.. very cool work :)
tibet2004uk
Oh my! This is a stunning pic Gun! I love it! Fantastic choice of colors that create such an inspirational and moody atmosphere! The "cocoon" around the face is fantastically well done! Am wondering why u feel this way..."no inspiration" and now "entangeled in nothingness"...u seem pretty well inspired to me dear! Hope u will feel better soon though...not a nice feeling to feel "empty"! Big hugs. Pascale.
ascrazy
perfect artwork and fantastic artfeeling!! I like one!! Bravo!
Globator
Great work- Very contempo and surreal. I love the color composition and the mood.
cbender
gun - a really cool work you did here - it feels like beeing somewhere between scratched and inside fogg - just blurred... --- excellent!
borsy
Excellent artwork!!! You've expressed how I feel at times!!
cynlee
like encased in a cacoon, cozy & delicate.. waiting for something... beautifully done gun, it'll come :]
Royalspikey
Awesome, powerful in both imagery and thought...brilliant!
Tommy3D
Wonderful symbolisim!! We all go through changes, and hopefuly emerge as better people. Outstanding work, Gun!!
Kropot
Yeah, we all have that. It will come back. Some miserebel days or weeks are necessairy to balance to creative explosions youre showing us. Its a Chi thing. This work shows its still there. Cheer up Brian.
Tanialmeida
like a butterfly, waiting the right time to get out from the coccoon, your art has been missed my friend!!!!! vote
Varian
The strands that seem to be a barrier are only threads of a cocoon. In time, the butterfly will emerge newly. :)
DoomsdayRenderer
Very impressive! Very fine way of directing attention... I like!
SirJohn
I know how you feel gun... been there. Excellent portrayal of your feelings here, there are so many ways to look at this image which is yet another reason that it is special. As always you never fail to impress!
crrunchyfrog
I feel for you Gun hugs And I also feel as if I breathed in deeply enough I'd smell the old lacquer and oil leeching from this artwork's pixels :) Thank you so much for sharing :)
estevez
A magnificent work of art that demonstrates excellent artistic quality. Very expressive composition ! "my vote" Congratulations !
mysnapz
This just shines Gun. A wonderful image. :0 )