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 (18)
creanum
The king dollars, more more and more....... Excellent image
tibet2004uk
Haha!! Very cool idea Gun!! This is so evocative... ;) Love the texture as usual and that "zig zag" effect is great here!! Beautiful work! :)
DoomsdayRenderer
Describes greediness magnificently!
gallimel
striking, tensed, and oppressively frenzy and hurting. the morphing that makes hands disarmonic is so expressive and so well fitting all. excellent work gun.and also very original for the theme :)
cynlee
after the almighty dollar... greed can be so unbecoming but wouldn't turn it down... the distortion really works well here & of course your fab texture!! xcellent concept for the challenge gun! :]
Tommy3D
So true, "the love of money is the root of all evil". Love each other, not money. Fabulous work of art as always, Gun!!!!
borsy
Excellent image!! Great concept!!!
enax
Yes, great concept. I'm very glad to have you in my list of favs, I enjoy very much with your works. Very well done again Gun and my vote for this fantastic entry for the challenge/ theme of this month.
Varian
All that movement, along with the crazy distortions, like a "feeding frenzy" of a pack of pirhanas, lol. Excellent! :)
bwitzel
Excellent work!
Kropot
Yeah, lets vote ;) The word liberty is so nice on that coin :))) LOL, money is making slaves. Lets get money out of this world.
wildfire2003
Amen to that!!! Wonderful job, I know this atmosphere!
logiloglu
superb work. absolut fantastic. !!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!
titta
Great idea! A little shapeless, infinitely moving hands of greedy... "Money makes it all go round, all go round...";-)
mysnapz
Wonderful idea Gun I love the clawing grabbing hands against the out stretched hands, I dont think they will get their share. :0 )
ascrazy
super work, fantastik idea!!
mushypea
great picture. ive seen this idea many places before in photos.
SoulEatar
Show me the money :)