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 (29)
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Oh my lord Gun, this is crushing... it's plain to see what you're getting at here and I hope you're feeling okay... incredibly emotive work here, well done, it makes me want to take the pain away.
NataLibera70
Wonderful and excellent!!!
rudaMajka
Great creation!!!
kenwas
Very disturbing..very strong..very sad..excellent work.
jyriviuhko
Uuuh! I know how that feels!! :P Excellent illustration!!
cbender
this is really strong... and a great thing for the theme... a point not mentioned jet concerning identity... WOW
michbehar
Very good image with great colors and texture.
wildfire2003
Powerful work Gun, I think mine cracked by age four. Well done.
SoulEatar
Amazing Work !
chucksiebuhr
Powerful, indeed. And so understated, yet strong, in composition and texture. I'm sure it sends a different message to each individual viewer based on their own inner "identity"....Extremely well done, Gun !!
logiloglu
yep, amazing artwork. another of your very touching and emotional images. superb !!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!!
i-popba
ohhh..Powerful image Gun, i love your style excellent colors and texture. ...well done [vote]
cynlee
i'm really feeling this right now with the barometer change outside... old injuries screaming... super texture work! :]
MOOOW
What nice and artistic color and super texture Gun,I like your technique,Excellent artwork!!
bevchiron
I adore this Gun! The subtle changes in hue add so much depth to the pose & texture, I agree with Chuck the understatement makes it all the more powerful, a deeply moving image.
titta
Deeply moving, so emotional. Almost too much for me today... It's so hard to see illusions breaking. This is a master piece, Gun. Once again.
IndigoSplash
I really like the texturing on this...it's as if you might be saying that a foundation built on illusions will cause the whole building to crumble under it's own weight.
Lissa_lei
Well done Gun, Texturing is perfect fot the emotive imagery of this piece, allowing individuals to read what they feel into this piece
jocko500
look like a fish comeing out of that old man back and it crack the image great ideal
crrunchyfrog
re-adjusts hanging jaw I adore everything about this image Gun and I'm sorta lost for words L Thank you so much for creating and sharing this hugs
borsy
Fantastic artwork!!! Beautifully done!!!!
RedundantlyAbundant
This is sooooo cool! I love it!
janlabes
beautiful!! love your art!!!
tibet2004uk
Now this is wonderfully done Gun!!! Looks like it can be touched! That texture that is! Great 3D feeling! And the mood is very powerful here as usual! The poor man really looks desperate and depressed!! Great one for the theme Gun! :)
Zemela
Gun, thats fantastic work!MyV
Heart'Song
Oh wow, this is just delicious - what textures!
Varian
Love these textures and colors. Great mood.
mysnapz
We all have days like this, you have captured a great feeling of despair here. excellent :0 )
Kropot
Oh, where a there words. To poor to express.