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.
Proud to be featured on Check it out! My other galleries. http://gun-legler.artistwebsites.com/
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 (35)
Lissa_lei
Dear Gun, A lovely image, I like the way the hands reach out pressed against what looks to me like a glass wall trying to escape into the light A beautiful Image,,,,,, Lina
Digimon
I love it!!! But to me it looks like somone trapped in ice, looking out at the world. Great textures, wonderful image!!!
cynlee
i don't know... should we let her out? luv the feeling of this... for some reason, an insame asylum comes to mind... don't know why, i guess partly from the negative image of the hands... gives me wonderful chills, fantastic work! :]
Serious
Wow... it arouses so much feelings and thoughts... greate art, should be hung up in some museum shared with people... Like some of your other works, but this one is very special in my eyes... it's provocative, the thing art should be :-)
borsy
Excellent artwork!! Full of drama!!!
hewsan
Whoa...!!! Another strong and powerfull image. Bravo.
Synapse
Oh jeez... this is just what it feels like to be trapped in your own mindsets. Thank you so much for capturing this fog.
logiloglu
a very expressive image, Gun. powerfull composed. superb work, i love it. !!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!
abmlober
Somehow this image makes me sad... It reminds me not to spend too much time on my computer, tearing down the fog from my eyes to see the spring coming near and my wife and children wanting their husband/dad present...
chucksiebuhr
Gun....POWERFUL...and Unique Vision and Introspect
creanum
The look and concept are fantastic...... Vote
titta
Are they trapped? or is the viewer trapped? Who we should free? Questions, no answers.... many different stories. Lovely and beautiful picture!
Jay7347
This is wonderful. It is a rare artist that can illustrate a feeling...great job! -jay
rudaMajka
I realy like it. A fantastic work!!!
sittingblue
wow... amazing artwork! I love the contrast and texture. very beautiful! /v
jocko500
yes this is great //love it ...who is trap the people walking or the girl if you ask me they both are in they own world
dragonfly2000
Indeed. A work I could live with. Excellent fer'sur.
Sunster
Dramatic and powerful image. Outstanding artwork!
SoulEatar
To ponder the day away the ? what is real What is unreal ? - Is this all in my mind ! Help :)
merrytee47
I like this image very much. It captures a feeling I often have, especially this time of year. Cabin fever! Is that spring on the other side of the frosty pane?
unstrung65
....great piece !!
janlabes
beautiful and moving!!! great art!! thank you!
Varian
One very awesome image, so many ways to view it. As Jim said, to be trapped by a mindset. Or as Titta pointed out, who can really say which side is the caged? Excellent work, however it may be interpreted.
Kropot
Wow, thats so sadly beautifull work, youre the master in this, you cant get more feel in a work then this. Stunning, should be seen around the world.
nikita_s_cold
O, Gun, I hope that's not you... But it's a powerful image. What more can I say?
mooncat
This reminds me of a nightmare my brother had and described to me, where he was trapped in a block of ice. Powerful image indeed.
tibet2004uk
Oh wow!! This is so amazingly well done Gun!! I'm very impressed! That window and those people behind it are so realistic!! And those hands are so expressive!! Excellent and beautiful piece! :)
cbender
without words... :)
really love this composition... amazing...!
IndigoSplash
I can relate to this really well, except I prefer to keep the curtains shut so as not to torture myself :) Excellent work.
wildfire2003
Very powerful work Gun. So very beautifully done!