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 (27)
logiloglu
a wonderful hymne of venus, the love. excellent teamwork. !!!!!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!!!
chucksiebuhr
Excellent and so beautifully composed. A very tasteful handling of the theme. Your inner eye is capable of creating such inviting works!!!!!
Kropot
Hug my dear, youre super nova.
MOOOW
Wow this is one of your best artwork ,this show your high talent in art,Excellent my friend.
kathymoon
Wow beautiful!!!!!
kenwas
Extraordinarily beautiful image.
Lissa_lei
Dear Gun, so beautiful in composition and amazing colours, that I cannot find words to describe it. V <<<<<<<<Lina
Digimon
Wow!! Very sensous!! And tasteful!! I love how thw overlaying pattern almost creates wings for her! Very lovely!!
wildfire2003
Beautiful, colors and style! Magical.
borsy
Excellent work of art!!! Beautiful!!!
Tchu1
Very good. inspiring!! floating
tibet2004uk
Great colors and texture!! Beautiful model and great pose! The all put together the Gun's way makes a wonderful image, as usual! :)
titta
Your style is so magnificent. Every photo you touch, you touch with your heart and artistic mind, This is so beautiful, Gun!
creanum
Very beautiful.......
Varian
So pretty, I like how her skin becomes pink and intertwined with the shell.
jyriviuhko
Pretty good Gun!! Pretty good!!
Zemela
Unusual treatment of traditional Venus rising, but your way is much more expresive and bautiful!
sittingblue
very beautiful art!!
jocko500
very lovely greaty arts
cynlee
refreshing... wash away my troubles in your cooling sighful image! :] thanks you 2
i-popba
wow...wonderful image gun...i love tone..well done
Tedz
I think You have done a fabulous Job....a Credit to You both!
cbender
gun, this is an amazing piece of work... :) so soft and sensual... :) WOW !
Synapse
Gorgeous combination Gun, I find it uplifting.
Sunster
Outstanding collaboration! Beautiful creation!
Startears
You have made wonderful use of my Mother of Pearl shell photo .... very tender coloring, yet a strong image ... well done Gun.
RubyLips
I simply can
t express how entranced I am with this image....how Id LOVE a large portrait of this in my livingroom ; where I could see it every day! What you`ve done here is magical...your flow of colors and composition are just beautiful .....I applaud you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!