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 (24)
LindaB
Very sad, beautiful work.
shortgrey
Of great stature, this bird passed away to a more colourful world reflecting off his wings !! Superb composition ...
cynlee
sigh... so goes life... i see his color fading... as always quite beautiful & full of feeling! :]
Dreamingbee
fantastic and deep work.. excellent done.. what an great composition and mood
redbeard
Beautiful even in death as he changes back into the elements that made him and let him be free for so short of a time!
Fogge
WOW! Brilliant and amazing artwork! I love the composition and POV.. Excellent work!
borsy
Excellent artwork!!
wildfire2003
Very beautiful and sad Gun. Once we flew high too! Excellent mood and atmosphere, beautifully done!
logiloglu
it
s fantastic how the bd figures out of the dark and flys over them.great symbolic message. simply wonderful,Gun. Thank you for beeing you !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!Digimon
Brilliant watercolor treatment!!! Almost like pale stain glass!!
RubyLips
Sad But Beautifully captured the peacefulness of death ....for even the bird. Exquistely done ..Love your range of colors ...
alightningstorm
Love these types of images and you are a master at it, I wish I could do something like this. Alas all I can do is admire those who can. Excellent work.
visionart
Textures Really Fit This Image.....Well Done!
MOOOW
Wooow I love it excellent colors and artistry done my friend VOTE
i-popba
Beautifully image!!!!.you win gun...love this work..VOTE
tibet2004uk
Awwww! Is he caught in a sea of oil?? What a sad image indeed!! But so very well done as usual! I love the texture here, quite intriguing!
Kropot
Perfect job, its a moving piece, it feels balanced.
Minuano
This image is Beautiful...no doubt,but, what's beyond it separates artistic skill from expressive depth (just my opinion)...A person who creates, puts little bits of his/her spirit in what they create...This work is a strong proof and a thousand reasons why you MUST keep doing what you're doing...Outstanding!
Synapse
I can only agree with all the above, for everything has been said already...
addiek
Gorgeous colours. The birdhead appears a little small in proportion. The oilslick reference is both sad and beautiful at once. Enchanting post.
Varian
This is quite captivating. Your use of subtle color and texture just keeps getting better all the time.
vlaaitje
wonderful art work..love this one....
dragonfly2000
Remarkable image - could live with this one easily.
titta
This is so sad, and so expressive in its beauty - should be printed as a poster - I can see this image as a quite small size in huge grey-white paper; maybe added small text... Very impressive! The textures are so great here honoring the little bird's life and death. Your heart is gold, Gun:-D