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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Comments (32)
Gregor.Scharff
You made a timetravel Gun !!!!!!!!!!!!!. Great idea . Its a wonderful one . thanks that you did it . SUPER-Galaxy-HUGS Your gregor
cbender
it's wonderful gun - very deep and full of feelings... and i like your words...
thanks a lot for this "insight" and "timetravel" --- hugs, christian
JennieM_PNT
Thank you for sharing this tribute with us Gun. Nice work!
LindaB
A wonderful tribute to your father - excellent work!
wildfire2003
When you put yourself into a piece of work like this, I call it a masterpiece. It is a very beautiful collage, the feelings you have are showing in this work.Beautiful Gun, thank you!
gallimel
it's a composition that expresses love and respect so well... :)
chucksiebuhr
Powerful and wonderful tribute ... You have, indeed, honored your Father in a way that is timeless!!!
crrunchyfrog
I am completely choked up here Gun, I found your masterpiece incredibly moving HUGS Thank you so much for creating this :) It truly is a most beautiful tribute.
Kropot
Wish I could do that. But I will not forgive him, ever. You work hit me like a rock. Excellent work.
Jay7347
Wonderful image!!! This is a truely fine piece of work...he would be, and is I'm sure, very proud of you! -jay
borsy
Excellent work of art and a wonderful tribute!!!
titta
Very touching. Very beautiful. --- It's almost for all of us very difficult to to deal with our own feelings concerning our passed elders... You've made it so respectfully and understanding. And yet honestly in your words supporting so greatly the picture. It is a master piece, at least for me.
tibet2004uk
Oooooh Gun! U're making me cry!! :( This is too moving for my too sensitive self....
Varian
I have to echo wildfire (above) - when you put so much of yourself into an artistic piece such as this, it is a masterpiece. What a wonderful tribute to your father, and an awesome example of expressive portraiture.
cynlee
a private glimpse into you, deep & moving words... a very beautiful & touching tribute to your father... hugz :]
Tanialmeida
every litle detail reveals so much and blends so well with your words Gun!!!! respect ;0]
IndigoSplash
I think this is beautiful! I love the soft sepia tone (perfect for the subject matter). And I like the musical notes overlaying the image...subtle enough not to distract attention, yet legible. Very sensitive piece...your father would love it :)
mysnapz
Wonderful moving tribute to your father.
Agny
Not my father either is easy to be with. Am I? Huh! no... Do we understand eachother? We hope so. Do we want to be understood while we're alive? No question about it. So I know what you mean with it. I can relate to my situation a bit. Anyways, beautiful work as always. Hugz.
Synapse
This is so fitting to my mood at the moment Gun... as expected, my aunt finally passed away today after battling with lung cancer. She'd quit smoking a few years ago but then started again. She was only 56. I'm not in a state, just feeling a bit numb, and sad for her family.
Thank you for sharing your dad's memory with us, I see so much love here, no wonder you set Pascale off... as I said, it's just very appropriate to how I feel right now. Thank you so much :-)
Meyrink
Eccellente lavoro, VOTE!!!
janlabes
thank you for communicating this so well.
bevchiron
A beautiful tribute Gun, deeply tender & touching. So very well composed this is everything a portrait should be & more!
ascrazy
Excellent artimage!! v
Sunster
Beautiful tribute and image. How fascinating that your father created violins. This is simply lovely, Gun.
Caithream
I think perhaps you have your father's strength and that makes our relationships with our similar in nature parent that much more difficult~ I wonder if you carry the "why" didn't you protect me question,as I do.Well,our fathers did not know how~Precious,forgiving and loving,this is a beautiful tribute to your father who had a dream for his new born daughter those years ago,as all fathers do and did his best to do what he was able to.It is what a parent is unable to do that stays with us and causes the issues that arise.It was not you dear woman~ do and this we will not forget~
SoulEatar
I luv this type of work - I understand your comment - for me viewing without that in mind brings out a special quality in this work -
kenmo
Wonderful collage !
PumaSue
I see a Masterpiece of love and understanding. It is a beautiful tribute to him and I cried as I read your words of him and the relationship.(I am too sentimental I guess)I love the way you balanced out the images and gave it depth. It is a beautiful piece of Art.
acej
Det h hade kunnat vara min bild och min text ... Tack Gun! Du har uttryckt en del av mina [blandade] kslor/erfarenheter ang min far :)