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 (19)
artingrid
Very intense... very Gunsan!
Kropot
Like a classic Greek fresco. I must study these techs :)
Artzy
Wonderful!
ascrazy
oh Gun! absolutely wonderful!
tibet2004uk
Oh man, that texture!! How did u do that!!? This is so soft! What a beauty! Amazing image Gun! :)
borsy
Excellent image!!! Beautifully done!!
Jay7347
NIce mood and feel to this. I can almost touch the swirling nature of it. Wonderful! -jay
mysnapz
Love the depth to this and the swirling mist adds to the mystery. :0 )
kiwidoc
Gun this is so delicate and ethereal I love it
cynlee
a passing reflection, soft & mystic, really quite wonderful!! :]
Tommy3D
Absolutly beautiful---very moody and dreamlike!!
Sunster
Beautifully dramatic image and concept! Excellent artwork...well done! :)
wildfire2003
This is a truely beautiful work, reflecting a time in everyones life when we must see ourselves for who we truely are. Very sentimental and touching art.
jyriviuhko
Fantastiskt arbete.. som alltid hler dina alster h klass.. o framfallt din egen stil.. Jag mycket ftjust i dem!!
Synapse
A very comfortable feeling in your colours and ethereal treatment. Very warm, like it :-)
gallimel
oh dear.. so subtle, so passionate still :)
wizardofnoz
Lovely use of colors: mystical
xxdebbie
Beautiful...Dreamlike... as though going back in time...soft sensual feel to a beautiful composition+++
Meyrink
Romantica immagine, bella e ben costruita!