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 (22)
Synapse
Yeah I can, it's a desert wind! I've always loved that wavy texture of yours :-)
titta
Burning heat... Yes, I can feel it! The fire looks so living, moving all the time. There's lot of depth in this pic, both abstract and concrete way. Great picture, Gun! Again:-)
chucksiebuhr
Intense...in more ways than one. Excellent concept and execution.
Kropot
Excelent is not the right word. You know that.
abmlober
It looks more like a dance through the fire. The fire does not look threatening... I like the way you made it.
cynlee
pant, pant, pant... how much further... yes i feel it!! what a great theme & entry!! :] looks like a painting
janlabes
cool - i mean hot!!! ;-) beautiful!!!
borsy
Excellent !! I love the concept and you executed it with imagination and beauty!!!
Lissa_lei
Hot, hot , hot,! Wow this is some image Gun, Wonderful flowing flames surounding the person, like the slight reflective portion on the leg adds to the "moving" effect. Excellent work<<<<<<<<Lina
logiloglu
a very hot image,expressive artwork, Gun. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!
jocko500
wow "burning man" would love to have this as they poster for they nest event [lookup burning man on the net to see what i talking about] // the image is super
creanum
A great compo and very good colours.....
tibet2004uk
Yes yes, I love that texture! And what gorgeous colors!! A beautiful and perfectly fit for the theme image Gun! :)
ShadowWind
This is one of your best works. It does make one feel the heat and the dynamics are awesome. Love this one...
eras50
I agree with Synapse, this is one of your best textures. I like the flames, the way they cut through the running figure as if they were tearing it apart, and the intense light on the right whereas the rest of the image fades into the shadows. I'm not so keen on the flat-coloured figures though, they seem too impersonal to me.
SoulEatar
Don't even want to think about it :) - But ya I can feel the heat - Great Job~
SirJohn
Gun, this is a fantastic work of art. In this I can feel tragedy in the air. Very thought provoking work dear friend.
Varian
Wow, powerful work. Like running from a forest fire and it's getting harder to breathe. Very evocative!
i-popba
ohh..Excellent concept...love it.!!! well done gun.
merrytee47
What can I add? It's a beautiful in a purely aesthetic way, and evokes thought and emotion as well. One of my favorite guns!
acej
Javisst kner jag hettan och visst rtar jag pdenna bild :) Kram pe!
uzma
EXCELLENT WORK LIKE EVER....lovely texture and color.