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 (21)
rudaMajka
I like it!! Excellent work!!!
Synapse
Bizarre one Gun, one that could be interpreted a number of ways. Thought-provoking :-)
cynlee
looks old, luv the texture... like how you've incorporated the figure... maybe it's an old magic potion to make your locks look lovely :] puss & kram
borsy
Excellent artwork!!! I love this concept!!!
Kropot
Youre works, my happyness, what a work =) Lovely.
chucksiebuhr
Excellent, Gun !!!! *****
mysnapz
This is really moving Gun, Im seeing so much in this the arms, the rope, tied back hair, the way the paper tears the skin. Yes so thought provoking. Thanks :0 )
wildfire2003
Wonderful visual impact and very beautiful! Excellent concept, excellent job!
Varian
Cool, I like this. Great colors indicating skin tone as well as age. My thought on it is darn it, humans just don't come with a manual, or as here, the manual is in some strange language no one can translate. No wonder we are all such a crazy bunch! :)
Jay7347
So cool, so very cool. Damn I love your work! vote -jay
janlabes
great art - really beautiful and moving! very admirable!!! thank you!!
i-popba
Excellent concept!!! ..Great texture...very cool..!!!!
logiloglu
very wonderful and full of emotions. i love your composition. superb work as always, Gun. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!
jocko500
like a ghost reading her work of the past //great work
Lissa_lei
Pure excellence, love the torn edge and the manuscript like an old Egyptian papyrus. Wonderful ancient feeling to the whole composition<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Lina
tibet2004uk
Oh I love this!! Great texture and I just love the Arabic scripture! So artistic and elegant! As Jim said, this one has many different interpretations and is very thought-provoking indeed! Love it!
cbender
somewhat weired... but amazing textures... i like the mood of it... :)
creanum
The manuscript like an old Egyptian papyrus, very good colors and concept......
kiwidoc
I love the sense of mystery - there is a story here but you have left us to make our own stories for this pic
ShadowWind
Powerful work, a great piece of art...
Zemela
Great idea, the stuctures here are fantastic.