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 (21)
gallimel
oh... how essential, yet how strong and defined in all it's needed to be communicative. Your words are equally powerful: beautiful work gun :)
Varian
Oh cool! I like all the eerie faces hidden in the textures!
Lissa_lei
Wonderful synbolic theme Gun and eccelent expression, like the mystery of the people behind the fiery front. Wonder even if the hand held the cross if it would really make aany difference to the rescue. Eccellent work! Lina
chucksiebuhr
Excellent, excellent, Gun. You never cease to amaze me with your inner vision and your ability to express it in such a way that we can "see". You should be one very proud artist...this is, IMHO, one of your absolute BEST !!!
Digimon
I love the textures in your images, like this one! They have such a rich layered feel. This one has a kinetic feel to it as well, maybe it's the fire? Great work!
Kropot
Yeah, the Knight in me ;) Excellent stuff.
cynlee
the days of knights & fair madens in need of rescuing will always live on... human nature, which you have such a complete grasp of... beautifully concieved! :]
logiloglu
a magical and mystical process and so is the image. !!!!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!!
wildfire2003
Wonderfully symbolic Gun, but can anyone really rescue us or is only ourselves who can become our own personal savior? Excellent image!
gangolf
great work
SirJohn
This is a very effective image gun... you can definitely see what is behind this one. Very cool!
borsy
Excellent artwork!!!
tibet2004uk
Very powerful indeed!! What a dark mood! But maybe it's just me who see it dark? I find it quite scary, anguishing! A wonderful piece despite the uncomfortable emotions it generates in me!
enax
Superb and intense image Gun. luv it very much. Yeah! well done!!!
creanum
Wonderful and mystical image....Vote
groush2
I cannot say enough...how much I like this work...Excellent !!!!
titta
Impressive and beautiful! And the thought is so important - we really should more often feel the need to protect and rescue! Thank you, Gun, for this magical and so inspiring imahe:-D
SoulEatar
Instinctively suttle yet emotionally strong - a work to admire !
Mondwin
suggestive artwork!!!:-)))
i-popba
oh...this is mystical image...!!!!! very love texture...powerful colors gun.....well done.
Ethesis
I like the symbolism, cross or sword?