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 (20)
Serious
Wow! Excellent technicks! I'm jelause... :-)
wildfire2003
Beautifully done! A wonderful job at capturing emotion,and especially well done at capturing light in his style. Excellent piece of work!
tibet2004uk
Ooooooh Gun! What a beauty! Stunning colors and lights and atmosphere and texture and emotion...! I love it! :)
Tommy3D
What a wonderful tribute to the old masters!! This is absolutly beautiful, Gun!! Excellence!!!
mysnapz
I do like it Gun, this has a fantastic feel of age to it. :0 )
DeleriumGirl
Breath taking. Bravo. The emotion caught is wonderful. GREAT STUFF!
Kropot
Tnx for taking one of my fav painters as a start. It has strong links with his selfportrait and a number of religious works he made. Excellent
rudaMajka
I agree Tommy. Beautiful work and tribute to the old masters!!! I like it!!!
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent and very beuatiful job...!!! great tribute to the old masters...!!
kiwidoc
This is very gentle somehow. Love it.
cynlee
amazing a la Rembrant! very well done, glows with an inner light & your talent :]
Sunster
Beautiful emotive image. A fine tribute to the old masters. Brilliant piece of work! :)
Artzy
Nicely Done!
THROCK
Beautifully Done!!
gallimel
ah!!!!!!!! the "Rock Virgo" :) I am delighted that you choose to post this.. seeing the way you've transformed the starting pic was a pure delight :) your art is extraordinary :)
SirJohn
I agree with all that was said above. Wonderful again!
borsy
Excellent artwork!!!!!
logiloglu
yep, i agree excellent artwork. !!!!!!!! :O) !!!!
ascrazy
Excellent artwork!
kahshe
You really nailed that Rembrant look, but this piece shines on it's own terms, it's very compeling!