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 (40)
gradient
Experiment is successful....beautiful apo render and cool background.
midnightblue
I agree with gradient. The textured background is beautiful. It works very well the lovely flame.
Zemela
Very nice, love the golden center and the paper is very well suiting the compozition!
cynlee
you have such a wonderful sense of color & texture... very successful experiment! the fractal reminds me of a fish in movement :]
fractalinda
The flame is lovely- wonderful form and flow and color..and the textured paper back is awesome.
YvonneWela
A most Beautiful experiment ,wonderful shapes and bg ,the texture is awesome!
i-popba
ohh..yesss..!!! very beautiful...PERFECT...love compo, lighting and texture.VOTE
malanda
Keep experimenting - I never can get enough of them ! Vt
Synapse
Very nice, Gun. So subtle :-)
Dreamingbee
need no words.. it is most beautiful !! excellent work .. vote
pixart1
Hey - keep on "just experimenting". You created a wonderful, outstanding pic!!!
chucksiebuhr
Beautiful. Reminds me of the past art of etching with metalpoint. Reminescent of a rendering of a freeform Nautilus!!! Love it!
melevos
A beauty!!Excellent work!!
jandunne
Chucksiebuhr is right; it DOES look like an etching.
Varian
Very purty...against that background, it looks extra delicate.
paragon5
Beautiful designs and colors, very nice image!
CarolSassy
Very lovely flame! I really like the lighter background with this, and the 'bud' is just fantastic. Great find! Very nice work! (:
SoulEatar
Alluring and brilliant - There is a charater in this work that is masterful - I luv this one !!!!!!!!!
borsy
Beautifully done!!
unstrung65
...very fossil like -- & great presentation !!
wildfire2003
Wonderful experiment Gun, it is beautiful! Love the way the textured background sets it off! Excellent work!
Tommy3D
Magnificent work, Gun!! Big Vote!!
logiloglu
looks very exquisite and elegant,Gun. excellent artwork. !!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!!
kimpe
Excellent! Very well done!
Niutek
An experiment that turned out to be a real piece of art... Love the textured background and the elegant simplicity of the composition. Beautifully done :)
visionart
Love The Background And For The Image.."SUPERB DESIGN" Amazing!!!!!
tibet2004uk
OMG!!! What have u done again Gun!!! This is gorgeous!! Simply gorgeous!! I love the texture, looks like fibers of some sort and that fractal....man oh man!! I vote big time!!
Kropot
Yeah, yeah, just a test :) Wow, keep on testing Lady, this rocks. Master.
ShadowWind
That's cool, gives a new dimension to Apophysis...Well done...
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent and very beautiful flame...!! Original presentation....!!