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 (20)
Eroticartist
Very nice work!!!! Well put together. (:
Mikan
good combination...
Snow_Angel
Fantastic! Very nice portrait! Excellent work! :)
cbender
beautifully done...!
vlaaitje
this is so touching and soft...love it
tizjezzme
Oh, I love this. Very creative and artistic... its an inspiration. Going to check out that textures url .. thanks :))))
Tommy3D
Very beautiful Gun!! I love the softness and the music notes woven in!!!
Margana
Beautiful image Gun.I love the colorwashed look it has.What a lovely effect.
Synapse
More than anything I like the colour. So elegant :-)
Odessey
Almost has that paited on quality!
Akinom
Superb... simply superb! Like it a lot, Gun! v*****
tibet2004uk
Oh now that's a classic!! Always works!! Love that style!!! Beautiful!! and who's the gorgeous model? Looks like Maria Carey but I'm sure it's not her right!? O_o
logiloglu
a portrait artwork like a poem.i can look four hours.love your sensual touch,Gun. #:O)
parb1194
Fantastic and beautiful work.
kimariehere
i agreee with what gerhard said you do have a touch that draws the eye - so soft an elegant always.. adore your work you are a true artist with an eye for the soul and spirts unspoken dreams in elegance ..!
SirJohn
Sweet image Gun... it leaves my mind to wander over this girl and what the motivation is behind those eyes. Is it an obsession which drives her or an escape? Excellent!!
cynlee
probably sings like a nightengale too... beautiful melody gun :]
odie
Lovely...I am waiting for her to start humming... :0)
AnnaKirsten
A beautifully presented portrait with lovely soft textures and just the right amount of detail.
borsy
Excellent image!!!