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)
high_velx
Wonderful sense of depht... perfect background! i like so much! Well done my friend! Excellent idea!
cynlee
mesmorizing image, like looking through crystal & seeing this face... your work totally rocks my world, would be cool in color too but that's the colorholic talking :] hugz
Synapse
Very different for you... glassy but nebulous... a little towards Pascale's work perhaps :-)
Kropot
As always a stunning post job. Wow, the mood is strong and kinda dark ;)
Varian
I like the solarization, or whatever creates that outline effect on the person's hair and shoulders. Creatively seems like a lot of activity stuffed into a still image.
Meyrink
Immagine di grande effetto, molto bella!!!
Tommy3D
So very beautiful, Gun!! The black and white is a dramatic and perfect way to present your "Harlequin" image!! Your lighting is wonderful also!!! v
wildfire2003
Very different style for you Gun, I like it. Very intense feel to this!
tibet2004uk
Ooooooh!! Love this!!! This is very different for u indeed!! Differently beautiful!! And the model is stunning!! He looks like the one u used for "The Look"! Wonderful piece Gun! :)
gunsan
Yes, it is the same guy.
la_mosca
very very beautiful !
logiloglu
mystic and very beautiful. !!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!
Serious
I, actually, don't like it, 'cause it looks to much tibet2004uk and I'm definitely prefair your own old style... :-)
creanum
A great work in b/w
gunsan
To Serious: I don't want to be put in the category "my usual style" Each image I make, I start with that impression I get from a person,or whatever is my subject, and this guy is for me black&white, dramatic, behind a mask as youths often are. At the same time I feel vulnerability pouring out from his eyes, that is maybe seen more clearly in "The look". I like to experiment with different styles, but not for it's own sake, I just want to find the style that suites my inner vision of just that image I am creating.
borsy
Excellent image!!! I love the style you've used in this image!!!!
bevchiron
Very bold, dramatic & striking technique Gun, somehow for me that boldness & the monochrome enhances the softness I can see in the expression. This makes me think of adolescents, the tough facade which can't quite disguise the underlying vulnerability.
DoomsdayRenderer
Yes, I think this differs from your previous work, but it is very strong and effective image, works well in my opinion!
estevez
Brillant artwork ! A very interesting composition with original and very creative style. Wonderful effects ! "my vote" Congratulations !
titta
I think that backgound effect where the beautiful young man is melting, is great! Melting into society and yet being himself behind the mask. This is emotionally again so multi-layered - and there is a sharp and hard side - that might not be so usual to your works, Gun, but I see this is really YOU. The style is so more than a technical equipment or act:-) And - nobody can have any exclusive rights for any technical effects:-) It's not the effect, it is how we use it! --- I think you are creating some kind of series where I see these two (The Look and this one), Old hands and the Damian pictures... I find something common in these; something deep look into a human life, very touching - and there is also some kind of continuity in them - confusion, androgynity, being outsider... I love your ability to find a touching expression to all of these!
mysnapz
Well I think its very futuristic I see someone emerging from another dimensions. I think I dont want to cross his path. :0 )
gallimel
I feel it very expressive. You merge the darkness with your talent for catchin emotions and like this you turn it from gothic to mysterious, which is infinitely deeper and more complex. I feel it inside.Gorgeous texture that reminds me of glass mosaic :)
Zargent
Excellent image.
chucksiebuhr
Excellent, Gun, and very, very unique. Love the style !!!
KingPtolemy
Wonderful image and concept!!!
ShadowWind
Wonderfully composited and very fascinating, can stare into those eyes...
ascrazy
fantastic concept, so beautiful mood, cool image!!
Lissa_lei
Excellent backgrounding and great perpective