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 (28)
LICORNEDECRISTAL
fantastic composition!!!!
cbender
this is a strong picture, dear gun... :) i really like it! lots of feeling in here.. and i also like the overall presentation... the lady in front and the house (?) in the background... great mood and colors here...
Sylvaine
Such a strange angel...perfectly integrated with the hells....
sossy
I would like to do this also! wonderful and impressive illusion with a great mood! ;o)
Gregor.Scharff
a dark dreamlike Artwork with a soft view . Great Mod my dear !!! hugs
addiek
Powerful idea.,.. mad dancing in pain! Well executed complete with 'paint your own / censored' face!
Tommy3D
Magical and deep theme full of strong feeling and thought. Very beautiful work Gun!! Bravo!!
briarwitch
love it. ~lost
abmlober
I like it!
monoceroo
Wonderful rhythmic-dance dreamlike sketch with a soft quality. She may be in misery, but she can still dance to the music (however cacophonous)of her life. Excellent!
wildfire2003
She is dancing right out of the BG, wonderful idea Gun and beautifully done!
Eroticartist
Your work is just beautiful!!!!
vlaaitje
great title, superB art...well done Gun
cynlee
let the dance move you till you feel the joy of it... right out of the frame on this one! :]
thesymphonyofthelife
i like the concept and the tones used. it's an excellent work with nice contrast. have a good day
Akinom
Ahh... great concept! Like the contrast and the colour tones! Excellently done!
kansas
Very nice. I like it.
logiloglu
very artistic and expressive style. all at this image grabs my attention. excellent done #:O)
Margana
You are soooo talented. I admire your work very much. I think this is brilliant. Major art. And love the feet stepping beyond the border.
borsy
Magnificent!!!
titta
Dancing out from dark... what a beautiful thought; and so beautifully put into vision! Wonderful and impressive picture with special colour tones. :-)
bevchiron
Very impressive composition & use of tone Gun, it conveys such a strong feeling of how much she strives to escape the darkness of her misery but somehow something restrains her & she remains at least in part entangled there, nice touch bringing the figure out of the frame too. Great work!
tizjezzme
I love the mood to this one... I love what it makes me feel. A deep sense of mourning; the need to escape the dungeons in her mind. Powerful.
SirJohn
This image speaks of nightmares to me. Like a recurring dream that holds the subject matter a subconscious hostage every night... allowing no escape from the emotional misery already being suffered during the waking hours. Brilliant as usual my dear friend.
SirIglesDremont
wow, its stunning, gun! amazing composition!
tvernuccio
Gun, i can't stop the tears from falling!!!! this was me. after i was raped, i used to put on my dance clothes and dance in the basement...dancing out of misery...just trying to get out my grief. i always wore a white lace ballerina dress and ballerina shoes. i'd dance for hours. i had no concept of time. when i was totally emotionally spent, i'd collapse to the floor. this image is like a knife in my gut. i always try to feel my way around an image in order to know what made the artist make a piece of art. i don't know why you made it. i know it wasn't for me, but it has my name on...i'm in there. as for the artwork itself, it's a masterpiece! into favs!
the_pumpkin_king
*kind of twitches... thinking of Kayako from Juon... I've never seen such a mood-perfected piece. Heather
tibet2004uk
This one is very strange and so dark in its mood! It reminds me of a horror movie actually, "The Ring". One of the scariest movie I've seen and I'm not usually scared with horror movies but this one gave me nightmares for about a week! Yep! :(