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 (32)
kimariehere
your artistic creativity and limitless imaginitive artisry always blows me away on new levels.. and i am in awe of your mastery of idea and knowlegde.,.. this is compleatly AWESOME !!VOTE!! ♥
vlaaitje
you artwork rocks, this is so touching, just breathtaking, wonderful soft lighting in her face.....gorgeous Gun....
patrice79
colors and mood are absolutly great
herbstliebe
a fantastic composition and presentation!
MaydaMason
wow!! so red! fantastic and romantic compo!
cbender
wow - another red one here... :) i LOVE the mood here... it's a kind of love that's transported here... those sensual lips... the colors... the softly falling leaves... a briliant one, dear gun!!! i am stunned - really!!! visual poetry...
bevchiron
Love the way the red blends with the face here Gun, these faces with features hidden that you have been doing lately are so full of expression & feeling!
kevin_c
Superb!
jimry
nice concept...sums up Autumn perfectly ;)
thesymphonyofthelife
it's an wonderful poster with nice tones and contrast. have a good day
Zemela
Beautiful work,Gun, very impressive, one of your best!
Dianthus
Brilliant work V
NeptuneNH
hoooooooooooo c'est tout simplement tr beau!!V
SirIglesDremont
just fantastic! congrats gun! v
parb1194
A fantastic thoughtful image. Excellent!!!!! ;o)
kellendor
Hats off to you - AGAIN!! Great job! you are an artist and what you touch touches me. Great job!
mysnapz
Nice use of red here Gun I always find it such a hard colour to work with but again you have pulled it off. Thoughts drifting away like falling leaves.
Margana
Speechless...I'm running out of superlatives! Your work is so inspiring.What an amazing artist you are.This is just perfection.
addiek
The face I only saw last... wow ! it really completes a great image. Well done... thumbs up!
wildfire2003
One does tend to run out of adjectives Gun, you are so good at creating moods!
kansas
My favorite season. Gorgeous!
sdowning
Outstanding work!!
SoulSearcherr
love this
sossy
what a dream of an illusion! magnificient colored work and so very beautiful! full of emotions and creative composition! ;o)
Synapse
This works so well from being dominated by a single colour, it has such a strong mood. Interesting that her eyes are obscured too, something very mysterious about it for that reason.
tibet2004uk
Oh yes!!! Oh yes! Oh yes!! Superb!!! I'm in awe here! Totally! I can see this as a poster for a movie or something!!! Totally superb!!!
logiloglu
great atmosphere and mood. looks so ZEN like.simply wonderful artwork,Gun. #:O)
tizjezzme
Whoaaaaa..... I love this. Very very creative work; Just love it.
borsy
Magnificent!!!!
SirJohn
Very nice work my dear friend... this makes me think of somebody who is remembering a past heartbreak.