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 (48)
bobutah
i think that this may be the best piece i've seen in awhile....emotive delicate yet stormy, i wanna poster, we should do a trade..thanx
logiloglu
i love this october blues image.looks magical in blue.so wonderful,Gun. #:O)
monoceroo
Very nice -- I love the hue, saturation and values represented. Excellent and magical work.
Synapse
I know what you mean about it being an inner landscape, as to me this is of the "warm void" inside the mind, the stuff of dreams. It can be treated as a pure abstract or interpreted in however each of us chooses. Gorgeous :-)
Charmz
Fantastic! This just calls to me.
fractilian
Beautiful..churns many moods within
cynlee
you just amaze me gun, you really do... luv the blue depths , swirling, floating, sighful :]
borsy
Fantastic artwork!!!
valcali
Fabulous work...;o)
bevchiron
Wonderfully evocative & deep, excellent use of colour & composition too, this is really beautiful & moving Gun!
Lechsh
Very nice tones, I like this one a lot. cheers
vlaaitje
very bluetuful....great mood.....almost magic
sittingblue
fantastic image. 'v'
gallimel
Gun.. my special master of atmospheres... Here all calls out for admire, for feelings, for empathy. I dunno how you can always reach us so deeply inside. But I know this is a gift only real artists have. Hat off.
rvtongeren
Very well done. Excellent atmosphere for the season!!
cbender
amazing gun - i love this touch of blue... thanks for this "moody trip"....
chucksiebuhr
Very, very, very beautifully done, Gun. Gives a whole new perceptual concept to "the Moody Blues"...I love it!
kenwas
Fantastic image.
Imager
This is beautiful, and to me a little frightening! The dark center - and the way the leaves fall on either side of it like hands reaching out - creates the feeling of a creature coming from the shadows. But then you realize, no, it's just a trick of the light! Very interesting. Very well done!
kansas
A most wonderful creation. Moody and filled with feeling.
Dreamingbee
fantastic work .. an underwater athmo .. very deep and awasome.. love it and vote!
shortgrey
Just Awesome, Gun, a spectral touch conveys my soul to Harmony, so vividly. I see the Light so plainly here, Gun, some renaissance all around ?............V..................SG
Cyve
Marvellous creation my friend ... It's just Fantastic ... hmm... I love these colour too !!!!
i-popba
ohhh...wow...!!! very very beautiful...excellent colors and mood....love it.** Vote
tibet2004uk
Oh wow!! This is gorgeous Gun!!! So beautifully atmospheric!! And I gotta love that blue and those leaves! Simply gorgeous yes!! My vote!!
NataLibera70
Wonderfullll !!! v
visionart
Great Mood This Gives Me...Outstanding Art!
Kropot
Youre a brilliant mind behind this brilliant postwork, its stunningness alover, its incredibel. What a mood, youre the bestest
SoulEatar
Oh wow this is just - well breath-taking !!!!!!!!
redpelica
brilliant - subtle yet powerful