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 (24)
vlaaitje
Like it......
titta
Wonderful colors, and textures! She/he looks happy there below the surface! Dreaming, in dreams floating in spring stream:-)
eras50
There seems to be bliss below the surface, and the surface itself is excellent work. So is the lighting.
Kropot
Wow, like Utsi the iceman. Perfect blend, I can drink this all day.
creanum
I like......
logiloglu
it`s like out of a dream, Gun. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!
Digimon
QUICK!!! GET THE ICE PICK!!!! Nice texture, really accomplished your goal here. Good work!
SoulEatar
Frozen in time - a most creative treatment to the image - very thoughtful !
NataLibera70
wonderfull image!!!
wildfire2003
I found that too Gun, if we go deep enough everything is Zen, we just need to quiet ourselves to find it. Beautiful work and concept!
tibet2004uk
Oooooh! Gun Gun Gun!! What have u done again!! This is gorgeous!! The colors are so necreous and I just love that texture!! There's really a feeling of being under water here! Beautiful piece Gun!! :)
Zemela
Absolutely great effect with the texture and colours, such a wonderful glow you have here!
sittingblue
great picture! Stellar artwork!
groush2
Marvellous Artwork...Very Well Done !!!!
jocko500
look like the person was under the ice and now is dead but people can see throught the ice.
SirJohn
Oh man, I like this one gun. As always my mind turns to the dark side and sees this image as a tragedy waiting to spring forth... as if the person depicted were on an apocalyptic course with a dark ending. Bravo!
borsy
Magnificent artwork!!! Excellent!!!!
cynlee
caught under the ice!!! looks happy about it :] luv the color & texture!
i-popba
ohh....this is wonderfull image!!! i love colour and mood gun...it so cool....
jyriviuhko
Lite lkigt.. underbart rent tekniskt.. och han ser ju fridfull ut..
mysnapz
Yes, just enjoying being submerged in the cool water not at all sinister very calming, wonderful feel to your image Gun. :0 )
Lissa_lei
A very peaceful Zen feeling, like meditating under water, a very dream like state . Excellent work Gun <<<<<<<<
Synapse
Such a conflict of emotions here, a kind of unsettling balm, balancing on the Tao. Beautiful :-)
ShadowWind
Very creepy in my eyes, he looks so peaceful, but what he'd gone through before getting there is frightening. Excellent work...