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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I see this as being thematically linked to my post from last night "Inertia" but it's much more desolate and further down the line towards entrenched despair. The lack of features on her face (reminding me of the children's masks in the film version of Pink Floyd's The Wall) is very apt, reflecting just how little she knows herself. As you say, she's lost. I think, Gun, that this has to be your most powerful image in a long time! Compliments :-)
Meyrink
Bellissimo lavoro, complimenti!
rhainne
Awsome, you always seem to be both amazing me and inspiring me... bright blessings
tibet2004uk
Powerful indeed! And kinda of freaky! No face...lost herself...yes...makes me think of total emptiness...very depressive image! Great work!
crrunchyfrog
So beautifully expressed as only you can do Gun Hugs Thank you so much for creating and sharing :)
tatooedravengirl
This to date Gun is my favorite piece of yours..I think that maybe cause I can identify with it..It's beautifully done and it calls to me..thanks for sharing ..love and respect ^v^julia
ascrazy
this is painting in verse, absolutely wonderful clear poetry!! i love this mood and colouring! V
dragonfly2000
I could live with this image on my wall - highest compliment I know. Texture work is outstanding BTW.
jyriviuhko
Joda.. shar man nog sett ut ngn gng.. inte riktigt dmen kslan kner jag igen!! ett nyckelbarn!
kiwidoc
Gun this is a stunnoing piece of work. Even with no face this woman is so exrpressive - her body tells us so much about how lost she feels. The simplecity of the compositions and the almost monochrome colours add to the poweer of this image. We are not distracted by extra lines or colours but drawn in to the figure and her sorrow
cynlee
break down the door & the walls, it hurts to view the desolation but i want to reach out, beautifully done gun :]
Serious
It's so fab... I lost every word in my mouth. I would grab all your gallery to my favority list.. I am so honored just to be able to see your masterpieses... and forever wonder how the hell you can do it? It's far beyond my humble understanding :-)
borsy
Fantastic artwork!! Excellent concept that is executed beautifully!!!!
Tommy3D
Magnificent work of art, Gun!! You have captured the feeling of hopeless depression. Your image has touched me, I understand the feeling. V
bevchiron
Very powerful & moving Gun, perfectly captures the bleak & featureless world of despair.
Tanialmeida
silence breaths a thousand words, this one Gun, goes directely to my Favz + my Vote!!!
Kropot
Wow, the words and the work are one. V
lumo
In many ways this is your best for a long time. I like how the detail is softened, perfect!
SirJohn
An absolute stunner gun. You REALLY impressed me with your insight on this image. Fantastic!
abmlober
It must be the bad weather from the last days... So much melancholy, sadness, hopelessness...
uzma
u always create heart touching images.
cbender
thanks gun... a feeling i know sometimes...
christian
Varian
Excellently done. Good framing and blurring of her features makes her dilemma quite clear.
ocddoug
Excellent mood and idea, I love it.
gallimel
you evolve so constantly, and always still your style is so distinctive. awesome.
wildfire2003
Gun, I am so sorry! I cannot guess how on earth I could have missed this wonderful work! It must have been due to the holidays. You have captured a part of my soul in this. I am at a loss for words, beautiful and haunting!
NataLibera70
Fantastic!