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)
DawnStar
Very pretty girl! Great picture, Gun. :)
Synapse
Yeah, she's lovely. When I see children like this I try to imagine them fully grown, their features matured, in Emma's case in a decade's time. Really like your colour cast here :-)
borsy
Beautiful image!!
Blacklilia
Beautiful
wildfire2003
She is beautiful Gun, wonderful photograph!!
visionart
Great Shot Capturing Emma! She Is A Beautiful Girl!!!
Kropot
Perfect job Grannie ;) beautifull girl.
Varian
Aww, she's so lovely, Gramma! And your treatment is exceptional, the colors, the sweeping impressions, and all of it just as "soft" and fragile as Emma.
trev3k
she's a beautiful child, excellent work!
cynlee
ah, so proud... sweet girl, beautiful portrait in dreamy blue tint of color & background :]
creanum
Great job and wonderful Emma..... very nice portrait......
logiloglu
a wonderful portrait. Congrats. !!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!
Michelle A.
That's a beautiful shot gun! She's a lovely girl!
tibet2004uk
Now this is a gorgeous portrait!!! :D
i-popba
yoeww...nice shot....!!! wonderful portrait gun.
SoulEatar
A very luvly piece of work - one of pride for sure -
Sunster
Beautiful portrait of Emma! Love the blues. :)
gallimel
she IS perfect :) a wonderful model and not only for granny's eyes :)
Mondwin
splendid girl and portrait!!!bravo!!vote:DDD
eres
She's wonderful!!!
sheilakalajdzic
She's just beautiful and your portrait of her captured so much mood!!! soft and dreamy!!! vote!