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)
creanum
I like this funny picture
Varian
Wow. Excellent expression of the concept. It's kind of spooky...definitely food for thought!
jyriviuhko
Funny or not.. it's the truth!! Excellent image..
chucksiebuhr
And, unfortunately, many of us are "scanned" in before we have a chance to voice our opinions or objections. Excellent concept for the Identity Theme.
logiloglu
expressive an touching artwork. i agree with you, Gun. !!!!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!
wildfire2003
Very true words Gun and beautifully depicted. Scary thought behind this!
borsy
Beautifully done!! Excellent concept!!!
SoulEatar
From no inspiration to supurb image after supurb image - Gun your work has become our inspireation - Thank You :) !
jwdell
Fantastic image, frightening concept!!!!
sittingblue
excellent imagery! It seems to me to having meaning on many levels.
cynlee
you're so right... predestined & assimulated... wonderfully done... you're always thinking :]
ariaans
Nice concept and nice effect with the colors..
bevchiron
I like the striking simplicity of this, great approach to quite a complex concept!
janlabes
oh, this is very sad, gun! but beautiful.
Synapse
There's something very unsettling about this. You kinda get the feeling this is a more accurate prophecy than we'd like to believe.
tibet2004uk
This reminds me of a programme I saw yesterday night on TV about gay couples who wanted babies and who, in order to do so, bought some sperm or some eggs on the internet, choosing the donor by a few infos that were displayed like height, weight, color of the eyes and hair, profession and such and I was like: "What the hell! This is "Gattaca"!". Definitely thought-provoking image Gun and quite disturbing too! :)
IndigoSplash
I'm with synapse on this one. Without reading the description, my first impression was of something sinister and prophetic. The whole "mark of the anti-christ" thing. Or something out of 1984. Excellent image either way! Great job...
Lissa_lei
It's very much like ordering what type of child you would like to purchase, which are then barcoded for that particular type and sold , like going through a checkout in a supermarket. Sad and true image Gun <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Lina
i-popba
excellent idea gun,.....great effect with the colors....love it
Sleepman
beep... beep.. "hmmmm..." Beep! Beep! Beep!, damn price check on isle 5!