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)
Synapse
Ah yeah, I like those distortion effects in Painter, reminds me of marbling. A very strange overall effect you've given this one Gun, it's very beautiful and yet at the same time the distortion of her face gives her a slightly unsettling quality even though her expression is benign. A numb, tired expression perhaps, as if she's too exhausted emotionally and physically to truly notice what's going on around her. Like it :-)
kimariehere
powerful mood and feeling here..! love the effext and the butterflys mergin into color with the facial epression...the coloe choosen is perfect ..and the road leading up to her chin makes me think of a pathway to her heart.. amazing!
chrysalide
an excellent work and composition, i like teh colros and teh texture. have a good day
vlaaitje
I like the golden glow in here...lovely...
parb1194
Awesome butterfly lady and she seems in a quite momment of contemplation. Excellent!!!! :o)
michbehar
Fantastic result on the effects, that came to increese the quality of this image. Congrazts!!
Eroticartist
Beautiful!!!!
kansas
Whatever you did, the results are wonderful. A most interesting and lovely composition.
monoceroo
I love the colors and overall composition ... the texture is pleasing too. Excellent work.
Margana
For some reason your textures remind me of flower petals and tissue paper, which makes for such an ethereal image.I really enjoy your work.The colors of this are vibrant yet so natural.
Fogge
Wonderful image and warm colors. The textures and composition is fantastic. Excellent work!
bevchiron
I love the effects on her face Gun, she looks so distant & introspective an impression made all the stronger by the warm colour & beautiful textures, really nice work ; )
sossy
fantastic and emotionful artwork! love the color tones and the composition is outstanding! the transparent layers are like a rushing life before the inner eye! gorgeous creation! ;o)
tibet2004uk
Strange indeed! I like the textures and the colors but I'm really not keen on the frame here but that's, of course, a question of personal taste so just ignore me here! ;)
tizjezzme
Interesting that it was done in Painter. It's excellent!!! I just did a piece tonight in Painter 8 that I plan on uploading in the morning. :)
cynlee
reminds of a warming batik or a magical quilted pillow :]
Akinom
Indeed it looks like a most beautiful batik work! A piece of art to frame and hang on the wall! Excellently done! ****
wildfire2003
Still has your beautiful and haunting touch, feel the artwork each time!
Kropot
:) Its just this or that ;) Yeah, but, beautifull as ever.
addiek
Nice work... I'm thinking a reflection of a lady with her coffee cup washing dishes! (and a moth dropped in!)... lol.... NO seriously, these are cool textures ....and it shows how faces & lines draw natural emotive responses in a viewer.
curly-locks
lovely...
logiloglu
wonderful portrait artwork. i agree about the batik style. fascinating textures and colours. #:O)
SirIglesDremont
wonderful composition. i like much the autumnal colors.
titta
I'm so late here too! Sorry! This is such an impressive picture - the slight distortion on her face makes her look tired, and a bit desperate... maybe the butterflies are not all yet come, and she's worried about them. :-) Love the colours, and the vague white wave makes the final touch of dream feeling. :-)