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)
cbender
what about "curious"... :) that's the way the lady looks like :) i really like this one gun! well done! great work...!
Lissa_lei
Reminds me of the Save the Children Society and looks like Chillean child, sad, and wistful, but nice effects and lightin, and tile is fine for those effects. eccellent image. Lina
sampanna
nice, i like :) a bit different from your usual art .. or so i think. well, its been a while since i frequented this forum so i'm making that comment from memory. it does look a bit like unicef would like to put it on their poster or site.
bevchiron
This is a great interpretation of the theme idea Gun & in my eyes the juxtapositon of the small child & the almost abstract use of shapes & space creates lots of emotional content!
NataLibera70
Wonderful !!!
NODROG69
Love the effect you've created here which seems to change in the light.
vlaaitje
I would give it the title "Don't leave me" I don't know why but thats my poetic feeling..great play with light
addiek
That shimmering pattern is really great... feel like I've seen it before in water and the vertical lines are compelling too. The little girl looks suspended in mid-air with the contrast of the white dress on the dark, thus giving it all almost surreal / angelic air that the geometrical squares and lines come into tension with. My title for it is obscure... 'The Hive'.
gallimel
Yes, here we come admiring this marvel... great visual impact, so expressive in its ineffable grasping... I am so very into this dear. Kiss :)
martingeorg
Maybe untitled ... but very expressive composed, would like to investigate in the childs eyes ...
abmlober
A charming image. And I like what you did with the geometric shapes...
borsy
Excellent image!!
wildfire2003
The light and forms are wonderful. The child peeking with that small smile is priceless! Beautiful!
tibet2004uk
Very strange texture! Looks like glass to me! I love ur choice of B&W for this!
Sylvaine
Gun this is a play...and she enjoy. Childs needs so much affection...and space "situation" se situer dans l'espace...in Gestalt therapy. Luv...:-)
gunsan
LOL now I think I have the title: Look what I made! She has a magic pencil in her hand and she distorted reality and had great fun!
i-popba
WOWW!!! wonderful work...cool colors and composition..!! love mood.!
cynlee
yes... she looks pleasantly pleased in her creative world... like the children's book... Harold & His Purple Crayon! (one of my personal favorites, if you haven't seen it, i know you'd luv it!!)
logiloglu
wonderful mood in b/w. an expressive artwork,Gun. #:O)
jocko500
looking good
Fogge
Fantastic composition and effects. I like it! Excellent work!
Cyve
Excellent ... Excellent and EXCELLENT !!!
zoozee
Great effect in a perfect scene ! ... Beautiful little girl :)
tony_br22
awesome expression you made. the light and the special effect are wonderful .. I like it very much