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 (20)
Varian
Excellent concept and colors. I love the way it makes me think of goache or markers. And how many masks? Where is the end to them?
Lissa_lei
Hi Gun. Yes I understand what you mean, by the masks, but they serve only as an outer layer of false disguise, like a masquerade ball, but always you you are what you are, and I think that is the thing that always shows, as we can never be what we are not, even behind a mask . Good concept, and appreciate the idea <<<<<<<<<<Lina
logiloglu
yep, i agree with you about masks.this is a very wonderful and expressive image, Gun.it says so much. i love the colours on it. superb work as always. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!
HueterdesFeuers
Du denkst, es sei nicht so gelungen, aber ich finde es sehr gut. GruHdF.
i-popba
oh.....gun...great concept and texture...!!!! yellow tones is good...well done
creanum
A great work, great concept and texture
SoulEatar
Gun I think this is more than very good - It is powerful - Griping and intense with the pure essence of identity !! - I really like this one :)
chucksiebuhr
Gun...very thought provoking work, and I agree with Varian...how many masks and where do they end? It is true that it is far from your usual style but we do love to experiment, don't we? Keep it up and have a Wonderful Easter!
tibet2004uk
Ah! Here it is!! I love this one so much!! The colors are so vibrant and the character makes me think of an ad poster for a circus. Must be the hat! Wonderful one Gun! I just love it! :)
wildfire2003
We need our masks, Gun, they are our protection from detection! Fantastic concept, and very well done!
cynlee
it takes many layers to create a personality, each having been molded by different circumstanses & people in our past... vibrant color & shapes! :]
borsy
Excellent artwork!!!
shemosus
excellent work indeed.
Kropot
Youre so right about all these masks. It takes a brave person to drop em all.
Serious
But our very body is the ultimate mask... does it reflects our soul? I doubt. It's only a shrine to the Unknown God... can we see any shrine and say much about the God who worshipped there?
hewsan
How many are enough. Wicked image. Like it and the thoughts behind it.
merrytee47
I like it - it's thought provoking. I think you're better than you think you are. And very versatile. Multi-talented, that's you!
titta
What a picture you've made Gun! And I almost missed it:-( Wonderful! Incredible strength og colors and lines! About masks: I think that every mask is an important part of our identity. We have chosen the masks, to hide something, and to reveal something. Changing masks we show different aspects of us. And I think this person here is so strong that his masks are quite intentional: to you I'm showing these ones... you can try to see through masks but you can't if I don't let you:-) Really fascinating pic!
mysnapz
Fantastic! Gun I love the bright colours they work so well with the subject the eyes are wonderful so sinister. love it. :0 )
VittoriaAnna
no more imagen please tnx