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)
jimw1
Beautiful Imagery....
emmecielle
The image is very beautiful! Wonderful lighting! You do not worry about the comments... The important thing is that you are well soon! :)
claude19
take care of you at first !!! Great image !
wotan
Mysterious & Beautiful!
ArtistKimberly
Beautiful,
jocko500
very well done
Faemike55
You, my dear friend, are most important. Take care of yourself and the rest will follow Very lovely work
npauling
A lovely image with great lighting and it is more important to get well than to comment. Making images is so theraputic.
romanceworks
The light really is effective in this most interesting image. And please do your art and don't worry about commenting. CC
West_coaster07
Very nice work..Hope you feel better soon!!
odile
Very nice picture. And get well soon, dear fiend.
SidheRoseGraphics
It is hard to not create when you are an artist. You would be worse if you did not create, dear Gunsan. Be well soon. This is beautiful and a fine image!
RodolfoCiminelli
Beautiful and excellent realization....!!!!
caviedes
Well done!!!
helanker
SO beautiful it is. Get well soon, Gun.
ontar1
Love the lighting highlighting the face, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Take care of yourself and get better soon. Rick
three_grrr
Oh dear Gun, please do not close your comments section .. We do understand, and there is nothing to forgive. I think we've all gone through these spaces, some longer and some shorter. This is an amazing image .. I think your experiment resulted in a wonderful somewhat modernistic, almost abstract, portrait!
fallen21
Amazing work!
m_j_s
Oh I like the strong light across her face, its so wonderfully brought out that deep dark outlining of her lower face! It has a really nice feel to it Gun! Never stop creating! Take care Martin
Pewter7
an ancient wisdom, a love prevailing, a purity of nest and haven, a flower of ivory scent ...