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 (25)
borsy
Beautifully done!!
titta
Beautiful - and so sad! Really great light and toning! The atmosphere is something to feel in the fingers, and in heart. "Oh, turn around, and come back, please!" :-)
beatoangelico
VUEVUAUUUUUUUBig Fleeing Image A Big Job Of B/W Burden V EXCELLENT ARTWORK MY COMPLIMENTS BY
dragonfly2000
Outstanding work.
Kropot
Yes, you dont have one atmosfere or mood, you got thousands. Cant categories that. :) Hug.
Sylvaine
To what lengths you would go to save your own life? That premise is put to the test in 'Saw,' the new psychological thriller just in time for Halloween! again I love sadness...xoxoxo
abmlober
It seems that autumn makes you melancholic... Is there something that can make you happy again?
cynlee
darn!! & i forgot to tell him to pick up the drycleaning! ...you do have away of sparking an emotional response! of course i don't have to tell you the technique is masterful!! :]
gunsan
Oh Andreas, I am not unhappy at all! I just want to portray a scene from life,not nrcessaarily from my own life!!
Synapse
I like the way this could be interpreted as a departing lover, or also as offspring "leaving the nest", although I suspect you had the first in mind. A real atmosphere of sadness here, despair even.
tibet2004uk
omg! Gun...this is so sad!! U pictured the worse thing to me here...to see ur love go away...a nightmare...I find this highly depressive! Beautifully done nonetheless, the effects are perfectly used!
chucksiebuhr
Love the B&W for sure...very evocative and thought provoking image. Something between a dream and a fine charcoal composition. Another winner, Gun!!
logiloglu
a most expressive scene.looks very mysterious. wonderful mood. #:O)
visionart
This Artwork Is Very Intense! You Really Know How To Express Yourself
Gun This Is SuperbSleepman
Gunsan is like a Kaliedioscope, but instead of looking through the telescope and seeing just weird shapes and forms. she is 'Mapping' the many faceted levels of human emotion from the deepest, to the simplest forms. I like it gunsan. most times i go to your art 1st when i check my e-mail, true
dashboard_jehovah
Awesome image! Could also be called "the arrival"...looks like the man is entering the image IMHO..anyway, It has a strong visual statement. The black and white and grey work excellent together.
mabel45
suspence a story and more... and thank you for your message.. this artwork has much put in it BRAVO"S
bevchiron
I really like the way you have been working with b&w & light lately Gun, so different from the beautiful colours I usually associate with your work but equally as striking & evocative!
gallimel
your style is just pure art. This can't be defined. Only loved.
i-popba
Woww..!!! wonderful work..!! love tone and lighting....so cool GUN.!
Dreamingbee
wonderful and moody work .. excellent done!
SirJohn
Your use of light in this image is nothing short of remarkable Gun, it truly solidifies the mood you have invoked. There are so many different ways I can interpret this image... all of them are filled with one form of sorror or another. Fantastic and powerful work once again Gun, I love this.
wildfire2003
Moody and haunting Gun, love the grey tones!
addiek
Sleepman said something accurate with which I agree! This could be an experience of loss on a personal, romantic or even childlike context. Great work... keep it up... you are a special talent!
SoulEatar
Reminds me of the phrase - you never know what youv'e got until you loose it !