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 (19)
wildfire2003
I cannot be hard on you dear for I find this to be dark and beautiful. I especially like the lovely purples highlighting the darker forms and colors! I see tulips!!
tvernuccio
i adore abstracts...used to be what i primarily did...before all this graph art stuff came about. i mostly worked with oil pastels. now...trying to learn Painter! such fun but time consuming to learn! Anyway, i'll tell you what i see...a lot of fear, terror, and emptiness. screaming faces. it's a far cry from tulips!!!!! interesting how we all see different things, huh! I enjoy the pearly colors and shapes a lot. It's awesome...nothing to be hard on you for!!! wonderful as is!
cynlee
you know your colors Gun & composition & you got the computer skill... don't see how you could go wrong here... looks pretty fab to me! :]
nongo
It is amazing what people see, I see calm soothing colors blending and swirling and accentuating each other! I see beauty and a sense of peacefulness!! I simply love these colors and would proudly hang this one on my wall!!!!!! excellent job!!!!!!!
tjames
I like organic abstracts....those that rely on geometric forms seem to me to be as bricks laid row on row, but an organic is one where forms intermesh and flow into each other. Most important when you look at a picture of this type the parts seem to belong and I've always felt your work has that quality.
SirIglesDremont
What beautiful colors. A worrying atmosphere but very intense.
abmlober
It's a very nice abstract. Though - I miss some point of focus, something the eye can settle down with before wandering around...
addiek
My favourite kind of thing really! I agree with abmlober... but I'm provoked to imagine blue rosebuds and a section of a lower face / chin ontop left hand side. The beauty of an abstract is this rocking of the eyes!
kansas
No suggestions from here. I've never tried this. I find it very beautiful. Reminds me of flowers and stems.
tibet2004uk
I'm not really into abstracts myself so I can't say that I adore this but I do like the colors, that's for sure! ;)
mysnapz
Help Gun I must have had to much to drink already LOL Im sure I have seen this before my god! Im seeing double LOL Before it was a dark forest today its deep water.
borsy
Beautifully done!!!!
titta
Today I see there a marshland fairy with those bright lights with her! Every time I watch this beautiful abstract I see different things - so this must be a great one; it has all keys to our imagination :-)
Sylvaine
The abstract free our eyes and enlarge our imagination. No limits...Love the tones and colors...Nice X'Mas dear dear Gun.
ascrazy
i very like abstracts, and this is superb for me:-)
logiloglu
beautiful mysterious abstract in blue. looks wonderful,Gun. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!!
i-popba
Yess..!! Cool Abstract Gun.!!... Merry Chrismas for you!
Kropot
P.s. youre just expiriencing new things, like having new brushes, lenzes or paint. Different mediums, same artist.
Longrider
Another cool abstract.Very nice.