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 (32)
snakemove
simple, but so "blue"tiful....excellent work..love it
nongo
Very beautiful work here!!! Love the colors!!!
DawnStar
Very elegant, Gun. :)
idil
looks beautiful
thesymphonyofthelife
Wov, this one is very good and the butterfly is fabulous. it's an excellent idea. have a good day
gallimel
something about.. its EVERYTHING attracts me, too :) splendidly floating, it's so elegant I could bathe in it :)
Varian
Oh wow, wow, wow...yes, this one gets a triple-wow! The colors are so elegant and it's so beautiful they are in the air and also in the butterfly's wings. This is poignant, too. My first thought was not the end of the day, but the ending of summer...sigh But then, you bring such beauty into it all, regardless of the season.
chucksiebuhr
Serenely beautiful. From the colors, to the composition, the concept is one of peaceful, natural grace ... very soothing and beautifully presented, Gun.
Cyve
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW .... it's soooo nice and sooooo beautiful my friend .... great composition and wonderful done .... I love this one
midnightblue
simple, but very attractive!! It's a soft delicate beauty that I find very appealing... excellent!
classyladytwo
woohooee is right beautiful I think you could have just gone with the Fractal gallery or Mixed medium either way excellently done love the colors and design **
shortgrey
"You're as bright as a night full of moon Butterfly, you have left much too soon, You have found you have wings, And now you wish to fly,Please don't go, oh please don't say goodbye. Butterfly, my butterfly, Though I know, you must be free.Butterfly, don't flutter by, Stay a little while with me. In your mind there's someone far away, And you'll miss all the fun if you stay, You believe that love is elsewhere to be found, But you're wrong, it's here just look around. Butterfly, my butterfly,Though I know, you must be free.Butterfly, don't flutter by, Stay a little while with me. Look around, look around, and you'll see,better loved than by me you won't be,And if, you fly away,You'll break my heart in two,Please don't go, I'm so in love with you. Butterfly, my butterfly, Though I know, you must be free.Butterfly, don't flutter by,Stay a little while with me. Butterfly, my butterfly, Though I know, you must be free.butterfly, don't flutter by,Stay a little while with me. Butterfly, my butterfly,Though I know, you must be free.Butterfly, don't flutter by,Stay a little while with me..." AWESOME ART OF WORK, AS ALWAYS, GUN !!! I take off my hat to You!!!SUPERB
Dreamingbee
simply beautiful.. outstanding done... excellent.. wow! v
Kropot
It atracts me 2, masterly work Lady.
dragonfly2000
One of my favorite palettes - very fine.
borsy
Absolutely beautiful!!!
i-popba
oh...yes!!!...very beautiful gun.!!!...love colors and composition....love it.. VOTE
valcali
I love the colors of the flame background...it's a perfect compliment for the butterfly! Simple and fantastastic composition...;o)
tibet2004uk
OMG! Gun, this is superb!!! That's it! I vote yes!! So beautiful!!
visionart
The Lines Are Ever So Wonderful. The Colours Sets The Mood Right...Just Perfect!!!
unstrung65
..very cooooool mood set off here!
cynlee
just perfect! luv the colors, butterfly dreaming! :]
logiloglu
a wonderful and magical blue composition and mood.superb artwork,Gun. !!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!
KingPtolemy
Wonderful work!!! Brilliant coloring!!!
alightningstorm
Simple is and can be most beautiful, as is this one. lovely blues and the butterfly and title adds a dimension to it that is uniquely You =)
Fogge
Beautiful and amazing! I love the colors and mood. Excellent!!!
Synapse
I'm sure so many of your works could be used for therapeutic treatment, they are so stimulating but often in the gentlest pleasing way through your use of colour and texture :-)
kansas
I'm surprised to find this here instead of the fractal gallery!!! It is a very pleasing vision of beauty. Excellent and very moving image.
artgum
A vision to get lost in.
SirJohn
This has an elegance that simply flows Gun. I look at this and cannot help wondering how it would look as a large format print hanging on the wall. Not taking anything away from the butterfly, but I really think that this would look quite remarkable without it as well. Both could easily hang on the wall! Great job Gun, thanks for being you:)