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 (30)
DoomsdayRenderer
Scary, smoky, moody and beautiful!
cynlee
seem to have felt that way a time or two or three or... super expressive work!! :]
BobaDuffs
I can sure relate to this one! ayeeeeee!!! Great use of the negative space also! :P
a-blue--angel
cold and empty...that's quite something else for you...but your treatment suits well here.
vlaaitje
O my....this one has expression..perfect tones
logiloglu
very expressive artwork. the tones are superb. #:O)
parb1194
I can almost feel the pain. Excellent.
chucksiebuhr
Powerful and very artistic/insightful. Love the duotones, almost B&W....composition is great as is the contrast. Great work, Gun!
Sylvaine
Have to take my dictionnary for the title...you people of the North are so fluently speaking english...I'm voiceless like you picture that for me suggest rather an enormous effort for clamor the word "Love"...:-)))
Kropot
Au, the work shows pain and it outer images. P&K
The-Slinger
Great atmosphere to this this piece. Love the grey tones.
Dreamingbee
superb!!!! so deep and emotionell !!! most excellent .. you have all my compliments for this stunning work .. vote!
jwdell
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
borsy
Excellent!!!
i-popba
GUN...you are amazing for me..!!....very powerful image...love colors, compo, and lighting...so cool again..!!! BIG VOTE
titta
Powerfull expression! The light is coming so perfectly. I love this dark ink blue - so beautiful, and so well fitting to the mood. - :-D
wildfire2003
Just coming back from one of these places, powerful image that says volumes!
SirJohn
This reminds me of the gulf one faces when losing sight of who you really are. Once again you have created a deep and thought provoking image full of mood and emotion. Love it my friend, truly I do.
LadyFire_Ice
Expressive++++ You definately have the talent for that for sure,,, Just love your effects in all of your images,,, Excellent++++ Hugssss Linda :-)
artgum
As I would invision drowning- frightening and yet dreamlike.
bevchiron
Amazing compositon & use of tone with that colour Gun! Powerful & very expressive, great work ; )
abmlober
A disturbing image...
kathymoon
beautiful lights!!!!!cool!
Cyve
Stunning picture and amazing composition ... I love this !!!
addiek
Reminds me of the words of Genesis 1:2. Cool work V
tibet2004uk
Now this is intense!! What a fantastic and strong emotion u've captured here!! It's also very anguishing...that "black hole", that "void" as the title suggests...and that man screaming....! Powerful image!!
monoceroo
this is an image that I can actually feel -- the mood it evokes is undeniable. excellent work!
gallimel
infectious. His pain is tactile on me.
_eko_
very nice work from you well done
seatacwhat
is this what you fell will be after we die nothing just a void??