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 (21)
turner410
hey, i really like this. very atmospheric, and moody.. you hit the mark here. great work.
lak
a sombre, spiritural image....very nice work!
visionart
What Is Written Is Heart Felt! Your Artwork At This Moment Is Well Received! This Image Speaks!
bevchiron
I love the simplicity of this & the understated colours which somehow make the statement & feeling so much bolder & more striking, a moving image Gun.
vlaaitje
your words are so true....and there is so much misunderstanding too....such a wonderful artwork with a personal story in there for me...love it Gun....
titta
Spring light is so bright - and it reveals as well good and bad things; it reveals the loneliness too. You've captured the mood so well! Beautiful. :-)
Ensomniac
Excellent in its simplicity Gun, with a cryptical feeling too. Very good!!!
addiek
Jesus was saying one time ...something like ... if you love & support, visit, heal and comfort the very least of my brethren ..you do it unto me! Why? 1. Because ALL his brethren are one with him by Spirit and 2. Because he is that humble that he places himself in a place of need even although he is God.
i-popba
Creative work Gun...well done.!
briarwitch
Dawn comes and we smile, almost beleiving that it will now be better. ~lost
Synapse
A fascinating style here, something almost hallucinatory about it... a great abstraction and thought-provoking.
tibet2004uk
Awesome colors and lighting here Gun!! I also love the softness of the texture!! Beautiful piece!
kansas
A very intense image. I'm sorry you are not a Christian.
REALVISION101
Excellent image.
chrysalide
i like the idea and the effect used. have a good day
monoceroo
I'm not a Christian either but can understand the larger realm of spirituality -- you obviously do too. Excellent composition -- I love the colors -- this is such an evocative piece.
logiloglu
very intense mood and emotional feeling. an expressive artwork. #:O)
SirJohn
This is both gorgeous and POWERFUL. Such a gripping work you have created Gun... I am entranced by it.
cynlee
the light, the distortion, the lone figure outgrown for his chair all creates a mood of thought tugging at that known feeling we are familiar with
Cyve
Stunning picture ... and sooo creative job !!!
Rykk
VERY expressive piece!