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 (23)
gallimel
one of your most hurting, clearly haunting pieces. the texture is sensational.
Synapse
Gun this just haunts me... it really forces us to contemplate what it's like to live in a disfigured body, and have to suffer ignorant people's sick judgements. Because underneath... everybody's equal...
Thank you so much for creating and sharing this, it has to be one of your most quietly moving works ever.
Meyrink
Bellisima opera d'arte, complimenti!
Jay7347
Exceptionally strong and very deep image. Awesome job. -jay
creanum
Beau portrait et belle texture en postwork
cynlee
haunted & lonely... the beauty is there :]
Razorcut
Makes me wish to reach into the picture and run my fingers over the textures, and smell the strange odors that are certainly there.
tibet2004uk
Oh Gun this is fascinating!! Can't take my eyes off it!! What a marvellous piece! And that texture is simply awesome!! Definitely one of ur best indeed!! SPLENDID!! :)
strijdbijl
It has a 3D look to it and you know I love that. ;-)
abmlober
You want my nightmares come true? Impressing piece.
wildfire2003
Of course you knew I would love this ;) Excellent job, love the moody atmoshpere!
IndigoSplash
Excellent image...everything falls together perfectly: the color, the lighting, the facial expression. Beautiful vision.
Tommy3D
Very emotional work, the emptiness behind the eyes reveals such sadness. Excellent mood and art, Gun!!!
SirJohn
Very remarkable gun... I absolutely love this. You have captured something truly deep with this work of art.
borsy
Excellent artwork!!!
Varian
Very thought-provoking!
titta
You make it time after time... touch the deepest emotions. --- Somebody said: A person defines him/herself by his/her skin... I hope that's NOT true - it shouldn't be so! --- You really are creating a incredible series of extreme emotions, Gun!
janlabes
great art!!! thank you very much!!
bevchiron
This is truly haunting Gun & deeply touching.
LindaB
Very disturbing -excellent work!
Kropot
Master, I bow for you pov, texture and mood. This is absolute sensational.
ascrazy
wonderful texture, light and mood, i like this poetical feeling!!
mikabots
good job - you are good at conveying emotion here!