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)
cynlee
glittering & spinning, weaving... a mask of what we want to be? reflective, provocative... :]
chrysalide
Nice concept and idea. i like the texture used. have a good day
bevchiron
Even if I hadn't seen your other works in the forum I think this would still give me the same impression, that of someone haunted by & irrevocably tied to sad feelings welling up from the past, striking & thought provoking image!
kimariehere
WOW !!! WOW!!! WOW!!....OH YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A WONDEROUS MAGICAL MASTERPIece here!!.......i could look at it for so long... masceraid images pop into my mind and i can imagine dancing and laughing.. so much this DOES i cant even begine to write it alll down ... very impressive art TWO THUMBS UP!! BIG VOTE!! YESS!!
tibet2004uk
Oh oh!! Very festive and energetic image!! Looks like a firework! Makes me think of a carnival, the mask, venezia...yep...
monoceroo
A very nicely done, albeit, enigmatic composition -- one I'll need to contemplate for a bit. Excellent and striking artwork.
claridad
Beautifully executed image. The fractal effect is stunning. Interpretation is in the eye of the viewer, so you have produced an impressive work of art.
logiloglu
a fascinating and imaginative artwork.wonderful mood. excellent done #:O)
SoulEatar
Sometimes no matter where you go there you are - but at least you try ! you are becomeing more vivid - says to me there is a new boldness on the horizen :)
Ensomniac
Provocative as ever. Swept away by emotions.
Synapse
Aesthetically beautiful as always... but it evokes a sense of dashed hopes to me, as if a glittering night out promised great times but ended up with heartbreak. Or perhaps more specifically, with the aid of your title, that she's forced herself and her introversion out into the glare of the world before she was ready, and behind the mask she tries to wear she's freaking out. But at least she tried. Just my own interpretation, it can mean so many things from so many angles of approach. Very evocative Gun hugs
Liynaa
This is a very striking and evocative image....says so much to me, and is so aesthetically pleasing. Thank you!
Kropot
If i had words to realy discribe this in English. Beautifull, movement and deep mood.
cbender
OMG - this is an awesome picture... i really like this one - it's deep and catching - elegant and quite thought-provoking... brilliant work, dear gun hugs
tdierikx
This is cool! The flame really melds into the image well... I like!
addiek
sometimes the social forms of today are so depressing... good on this little poppet... she never hit the high lights, but at least she tried!
vlaaitje
O my Gun, this says so many to me.....I can read a whole story in here.....a double life.....hidden behind a mask.....fighting against something.....tears cried and nobody knows....a smile that you can't share....because the mask....this is really touching to me.....that's what I like about your work......I can read the meaning between the art....in most all your creations....if you know what I mean.....my vote !!!
SirJohn
Wickedly fascinating image. I'm still soaking it in... there are so many stories that can be read in this one. You stimulate so much thought with your works and that is why you are one of my favorites. Thank you so much for sharing your vision with us Gun... you are one of the reasons I keep coming back to this place.
Rykk
This is one VERY well made digital collage, Gun! I really like multi-application images like this - I think they make the best images for art prints and need to learn to do these. Thanks for the link in the forum, it's been WAY too long since I've had the opportunity to stroll tru your gallery. Excellent works!