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 (29)
Synapse
They just come around all too fast don't they? The years start to fly away like those birds and all you can do is ride it and make your life count. Great sense of speed, urgency and anxiety here Gun, very well portrayed :-)
wildfire2003
Thoughts we all share. Happy birthday Gunsan! Beautiful work, love that your face is in it! Wonderful!
Serious
I see so much sun in your thoughts... I wish you a happy next year, you brought me many goods in this one :-)
Aeneas
And the less you take your time, the more it flees...the more each second is filled with pre-planned activity and we are not in what we do but making plans for what's next, the more we have no time...the less you work against time, the more time works for you...nice image btw...
jocko500
you bring to us great images you made and a word of kisdom with the image and the ones you leave us
abmlober
If you try to recall what you have done the last twelve months you will find perhaps that time not always flies. I am living in a new house for one year now... And I feel that a lot has happened during that time.
Varian
Moving and beautifully done...and oh so true. Tomorrow becomes yesterday so quickly, and all we can do is make the most of the present.
gunsan
Jim, I don't look forward with anxiety, and I don't look back with longing. I just want to learn from the lessons life brings.
Ardiva
Happy Birthday to a very creative artist! hugs Helen
sittingblue
This is a wonderful contemplation. Excellent work.
janlabes
very beautiful!!! thank you!!
tibet2004uk
Ah! And here it is! :) Good! But u already know what I think about this image Gun! I love it despite the fact that it makes me feel sad...excellent work as usual! :)
Kropot
I would say, you created beautiful stuf, moved and touched a load of people. For me youre works are a blessing and so thuse this work. Have a happy birhtday dear Gunsan.
unstrung65
...great work...tempis fugit.....
logiloglu
at first this year have brought so many wonderful art work of your superb personal style. i never won`t miss it. a very sensual image. excellent image, Gun. !!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!!
Sunster
Beautiful image and thought provoking words. I can assure you, you've shared some of the most exquisite artwork with us and I thank you! :)
borsy
Beautiful image!! I thank you for sharing your wonderful artwork with us this past year!!
cbender
beautiful and calm - the first warm sunrays, the light's getting brighter... :) like it a lot... wonderful picture gun...
cynlee
wonderful, thoughtprovoking image... you've brought us so much ... we're put on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things, right now i'm so far behind, i should live forever... :] now we shall dance! ...hugz ... one month eh?
titta
Warm and deep. Golden tones bring gentle thughts into my mind:-) I love this way you express these multilayered contemplations. Time is flying with strong wings... so do our minds. hugs
Lissa_lei
Dear oh dear! Don't we all feel that way. Alittle excerpt from the Rubiyatt of Omar Khayyam, Ah - Fill the cup, what boots it to repeat How time is slipping underneath our feet Unborn tommorrow and dead yesterday Why fret about it if today be sweet. Happy Birthday Gun Lina
creanum
Great ambiance, dream action in this image....
SoulEatar
Reflection - Maybe we think to much sometime ! - Very nice work :)
merrytee47
It's a beautiful image. Happy birthday. I happen to have my 57th coming up in a few weeks, but I felt like a spring chicken this morning when I watched The Price Is Right - one of the contestants was NINETY-NINE! And his 100th birthday is next month! I'll tell you when time flies fastest for me - when I'm looking at the latest pictures my favorite artists have posted! Before I know it, an hour is gone! In about ten minutes, my husband will be telling me it's time to start supper. 8-)
i-popba
Beautiful image!....Moving and perfect.........
Tammy
Saw this one in the forum too, thought Id comment here. This is beautiful, lots of emotions go through your mind as you look at it. Beautiful work.
ShadowWind
Stunning and thought provoking at the same time, so dynamic...
SirJohn
I have been thinking similar thoughts myself lately! This is such a wonderfully introspective work Gun, I truly am fascinated by the thought that went into it. Kudos my dear.
munaza
you are absolutely right gunsan