WillowTree226

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Photographer, Artist, and Collector, minting on Tezos as WillowTree226 and WillowTree Park. Find all my work here: https://linktr.ee/willowtree226

Photo of the veranda bordering the Outer Peristyle Garden at the Getty Villa, with shiny marble floors, stark white pillars, and frescoed walls. 10th and final piece in my Inviting You Though series.
Photo of a rickhouse corridor at Barton Distillery, old oak floor boards underfoot, and rows of bourbon barrels aging on wooden racks to the rights. 9th in my Inviting You Through series.
Photo of an old brick and flagstone arcade cloister, with glimpses of the courtyard gardens through each archway, at historic Mission San Juan Capistrano. 8th piece in Inviting You Through series.
Photo beneath a brick pergola covered in vines and pink flowers, the midday sun casting shadows on the ground, drawing your eyes down the path and inviting your feet to follow. 7th in my Inviting You Through series.
Photo of a semi-shaded walkway beneath a vine-covered pergola inside Montréal Botanical Garden, weathered benches providing an inviting place to sit at intervals along the path. 6th in my Inviting You Through series.
Photo of a curving garden path inside Descanso Gardens, in La Cañada Flintridge, CA. A metal trellis arches overhead, with different colored flowers along each section. 5th in Inviting You Through series.
Photo of the darkened archway of a gatehouse in Warwickshire, England, with a footpath leading briefly into sunlight, then to another darkened archway of the forest canopy. 4th in Inviting You Through series.
Photo peering through the foliage at the top of Mont Royal, with a bird's eye view of downtown Montréal spread out below. 3rd in Inviting You Through series.
Photo looking through a narrow window in the stone ramparts surrounding Old Québec City, with an enticing view of the historic streets of the walled Upper Town beyond. 2nd in my Inviting You Through series.
Photo through an arched window inside the Via Casino on Catalina Island, a view of recreational boats in Avalon Harbor beyond. 1st in my Inviting You Through series.
Collage of 10 photos from my Inviting You Through series, comprised of windows and covered passages, tempting the viewer to discover what was at the other end.
Illustration of my Willow Tree with a wooden door set into the trunk, the house number 226 nailed above, and a welcome mat with my signature. Serves as a sort of my artist's logo.
Illustration showing myself crying into my sink in front of my distorted reflection, oozing darkness grasping at my legs, and a haze of poisonous words coming from the thing in the mirror.
Illustration about mental health, featuring myself curled up in a pool of tears, surrounded by the dark ooze of depression and sharp red spears of anxiety.
Pair of 2 illustrations about mental health. Left: World Closing In, featuring myself curled up in a pool of tears, surrounded by dark ooze of depression and sharp red spears of anxiety. Right: Mirror Lie, with myself crying in front of my distorted reflection, oozing darkness grasping at my legs, and a haze of poisonous words coming from the mirror.
Photo looking up into the riggings of ropes, pulleys, and ladders that converge at the top of the sail mast of a modern schooner. 6th and final piece in Maritime photo series.
Photo looking up into the wood and rope sail mast riggings on the HMS Surprise, built in 1970 as a faithful replica of an 18th century British Royal Navy frigate. 5th in Maritime photo series.
Photo taken while seeking shelter from the drizzle under a pier, on a gray, stormy morning in Virginia Beach, VA. The dreary morning light makes this color photo appear almost black and white. 4th in Maritime photo series.
Photo looking beneath a small platform pier on Catalina Island, off the coast of CA. Vibrant green and yellow aquatic vegetation is visible under the water. 3rd piece in Maritime photo series.
Photo looking up from the bottom of the spiral staircase in the Old Point Loma Lighthouse tower. You can see the ladder that leads to the lantern room at the top. The 2nd piece in Maritime photo series.
Photo looking up into the Lantern Room of the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, in San Diego, CA, the sun blazing a bright spot through the glass. Part of my Maritime photo series.
Collage of 6 photographs in Maritime series. Top row: Inside the lamp room of a lighthouse, looking up from the bottom of a lighthouse's spiral stairs, and view beneath a pier on a sunny island day. Bottom row: Looking up into the wood and rope riggings of an old pirate ship, looking through the support posts of a pier on a stormy day, and looking up into the riggings of a modern sailboat.
Illustration of a mouse dressed in a purple bunny onesie, holding a basket of eggs, standing in a field of giant eggs, and joined by his bunny and chick friends. 5th and final piece in my Holiday Mouse series.
Illustration of a mouse in a pink dress and bow, holding a heart-shaped box of chocolates, with one piece of candy partially eaten on the picnic blanket next to her, and a Be Mine banner behind. 4th in my Holiday Mouse series.
Illustration of a mouse dressed in a puffy winter coat and knitted hat, next to the snow mouse he built, standing near snow covered trees. 3rd in my Holiday Mouse series.
Illustration of a little tan mouse wearing a large turkey tail and top hat, sitting in a yellow grassy yard surrounded by Fall leaves. 2nd in my Holiday Mice series for Thanksgiving.
Illustration of a mouse dressed as a vampire, standing in a graveyard with a bucket of Halloween candy and some bat friends, backlit by a giant full moon. 1st entry in my Holiday Mice series.
Collage of 5 illustrations of mice dressed up in holiday scenes. Top: vampire mouse in a graveyard for Halloween, mouse in turkey tail for Thanksgiving, mouse in a winter coat with a snowmouse for Christmas. Bottom: mouse in a pink dress holding a box of chocolate for Valentine's Day, and mouse in bunny onesie in a field of giant eggs for Easter.
Digital illustration of 2 vultures sitting on a blockchain, dressed in sheep's ears and wool capes, while annoyed sheep give them dirty looks from the adjacent field. They're lurking in a community, but not as part of that community, just to snipe benefits away from community members and cash in.
6th piece in Well-Worn Places series. This photo was taken while exploring an old automotive junkyard in Los Angeles, CA. Like this rusted out, light blue beauty in the center, you can find many cool, once loved vintage cars at auto graveyards like this.
5th piece in Well-Worn Places series. This old barn stood in Newhall, CA, before burning down in a wildfire. This is a view of the interior of one of the stalls, with mid-morning sun shining through the gaps betwen wooden boards.
An old section of Saint John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, London, photographed on a damp evening just before twilight began. The mist rising from the near grave is likely a flaw in the film...or perhaps it's a spirit rising for an evening stroll.
3rd piece in Well-Worn Places series. This burned out house sits in a barren wood waiting to be torn down. This time I didn't color tone, and left it in stark, foreboding black & white.