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Heather Crowley
@willowrdwatercolor.bsky.social
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Artist, tree hugger, mom, pagan, poet, meditation teacher, nature lover.

Owner of Willow Road Watercolors, LLC
"Art exploring the beauty & mystery of nature & spirit."

https://willowroadwc.com/
https://linktr.ee/willowroadwatercolors
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I celebrated the Autumnal Equinox by painting this red oak leaf. It will be with me Fri-Sun 9/26-28 at my last outdoor show of the 2025 season in Hartford, VT. I hope to see you at the Celebrate Quechee Art Festival this weekend!

#autumn #oak #leaf #watercolor #painting #VT #art #festival
September 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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It's hard to believe it's the last day of the League of NH Craftsmen Fair. See the beauty & whimsy, craftsmanship from artists' hands & creative human spirit cradled in the mountains before it disappears. Open 10-5 today!

#original #watercolor #paintings #sculpture #nh #craftsmen #fair #lastday
August 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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My All That Glitters series is debuting at the League of NH Craftsmen Fair at the Mt. Sunapee Resort in Newbury this week. Tree of Life Phases is one of the rich metallic watercolors in the collection. Open daily 10-5. Don't miss the magic!

#treeoflife #metallic #watercolor #mandala #painting #NH
Watercolor painting of a central metallic gold tree of life surrounded by different small gold leaves and the phases of the moon on a deep, rich purple background with a sparkly gold border. Colorful purple, turquoise, and black sign that says: League of NH Craftsmen, 92nd Annual Craftsmen's Fair, August 2-10, 2025.
August 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Today is the last day for the Art on Bartlet Show & I have lots of new original paintings, including this watercolor called Night Owl, part of my What Lies Within series. Open 10-4 today in Newburyport, MA.

#night #owl #original #watercolor #painting #Massachusetts #fineart #show
Painting of a great Horned Owl silhouette with a half moon on a periwinkle blue starry background coming in for a landing in a forest. The moon and forest are also contained within the owl.
July 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Moving to VT has been challenging & being away from my husband was the hardest part. My new watercolor, Reunited, celebrates being together again. It will be in Newburyport, MA 7/26-27 with me & lots of new work for the Art on Bartlet Show.

#moose #crescentmoon #original #watercolor #painting
Painting of a male & female moose standing near a pine tree at dusk under a purple and orange sky and crescent moon. Both moose have the pine tree and moon contained in their silhouettes.
July 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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It's been a while, but I'm working on a new watercolor series called All That Glitters, which will debut at the League of NH Craftsmen Fair in Sunapee in August. They feature deep, rich backgrounds colors & metallic gold silhouettes. Here's a sneak peak.

#original #watercolor #moose #moon #wip
Watercolor painting of a moose silhouette and crescent moon in sparkly gold on a deep blue and purple background.
June 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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We've been super busy with the sale of our NH home & move, but we're now in VT. I finally had some time to paint. New state = a new series of metallic watercolors. I'm exploring the question: What has real value in our world?
#allthatglitters #ginkgo #leaves #spiral #original #watercolor #VT #artist
May 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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This beauty, called Spring is Coming, is currently perched at [Seacoast Artists Association](seacoastartist.org) which is site #2 on the Exeter Art Walk. Today is the last day to see local art studios & galleries from 12-4.

#original #watercolor #painting #dragonfly #exeternh #supportlocal #artists
Photorealistic watercolor painting of a pink and purple dragonfly perched on a plant stem with a spring green background with gold shimmery accents.
May 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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This original watercolor, titled Soaring, flew to a new home recently. It's a part of my What Lies Within series, which show the outer beauty contained within animal silhouettes. I love painting tiny trees.

#greathornedowl #crescentmoon #evening #star #trees #original #watercolor
April 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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This original watercolor & acrylic ecoprint, called Nature's Jewel, will be in the Art of Great Bay Show this weekend. All the leaves are handprinted. Check my April Bringing the Beauty Newsletter via linktree in my bio for details on all my shows this month.

#original #mandala #ecoprint #painting
Photo of a bright blue round watercolor painting with handprinted green leaves arranged as a mandala around a central detailed bright orange jewel weed flower.
April 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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This is 1 of 8 original paintings I'll have at the Art of Great Bay Show this weekend at Great Bay Discovery Center in Greenland, NH. She's called Soothsayer & I need an oracle right now. A part of all sales supports conservation of the Great Bay.

#raven #soothsayer #watercolor #painting #artshow
Original round watercolor painting of a black silhouette of a raven with a crescent moon, stars and pink clouds in its chest cawing on bare branched tree limbs. The background shows an evening blue sky with pink clouds, stars, and a crescent moon.
April 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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My new watercolor titled Memory and Thought is currently hanging at [Studio Place Arts](www.studioplacearts.com/galleries---...) in the Silver Lining Show in Barre, VT. Exhibit runs through 4/19. Stop in to check out this metallic show.

#silver #treeoflife #ravens #original #watercolor #artshow
Photo of a round watercolor painting of a bare branched tree of life with two ravens in flight in silver, blue and pewter colors with sparkly metallic accents. A smiling woman (the artist) with long brown wavy hair and a green and rust colored scarf stands in front of a silver tree of life watercolor painting hung in a diamond shaped frame in an art gallery.
March 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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This new aurora borealis watercolor with shimmering metallic accents will be in the [2025 Art of Great Bay Show] (greatbaystewards.org/home-page-gr...) 4/4-6 in Greenland, NH along with many more of my originals. It's called Bearly There.

#bear #auroraborealis #watercolor #artshow #conservation
Shimmery metallic watercolor of the green, red, blue and purple aurora borealis with gold stars in the night sky. The foreground shows a black bear silhouette containing the aurora and stars in its body, walking towards a shimmering gold and black tree with bare branches.
March 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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I've been painting original ecoprints the past few years. The aspen & Japanese maple leaves in this piece are handprinted in acrylic, the background is watercolor. This piece, titled Targe, will be at my open studio in NH this weekend.

#aspen #leaves #targe #celtic #shield #mandala #painting
Photo of an original watercolor and acrylic mandala in earthy green and brown colors with handprinted aspen and Japanese maple leaves in yellow.
March 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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I'll be debuting this new mandala at my open studio this Sat & Sun, 10-3. This watercolor has a vegvisir symbol from Norse mythology & the moon phases around a tree of life in gold metallic paint. See my art newsletter (linktree in my bio) for more info.

#vegvisir #treeoflife #watercolor #mandala
Mandala watercolor painting with central gold tree of life surrounded by the moon phases and a gold vegvisir symbol, a compass used in Norse mythology for guidance.
March 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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I'm doing the #MarchMeetTheMaker IG challenge & will share a few here. The prompt is #style. If I had to use 1 word to describe my work, I'd say intense. Intense detail, color, patterns & realism. How would you describe my art? Let me know in the comments.

#intense #color #detail #watercolor #art
March 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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The sap is rising in our maples & we'll be hosting 1 last NH Maple Weekend Open House 3/15-16 with tours at [Willow Creek Sugarhouse](willowcreeksugarhouse.com). My art studio will be open with art for your soul. Details in my March newsletter via linktree in my bio.

#maple #openstudio #NH #artist
Watercolor painting of richly colored maple syrup samples in small bottles in a sugarhouse window on a rainy spring day with light and reflections in the glass. White boxes of maple candy and brown paper bags are on a wooden shelf with swirling wood grain textured patterns in the background.
March 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Economic boycott today- no buying from the big box broligarchy. If you must, shop small: The Tree of Life is my favorite symbol to paint, currently hanging at the woman-owned shop [Eight Legged Octopus] (www.eightleggedoctopus.com) in Dover, NH.

#support #smallbusiness #watercolor ##treeoflife
Circular watercolor mandala painting of a symmetrical bronze/brown Tree of Life with bare roots and branches on a warm ochre background.
February 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Magnetic Energy, my original watercolor, is currently at the Levy Gallery in Portsmouth, NH for the [NH Art Association](www.nhartassociation.org) 85 collection member's exhibit for February. I used metallic watercolors to give it some sparkle.

#auroraborealis #watercolor #northernlights #NH #art
Green and red watercolor of the northern lights with metallic gold watercolor accents and sparkly gold stars with bare branched deciduous tree and pine trees in black silhouettes in the foreground.
February 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Odin's ravens, Muninn (memory) and Huginn (thought), were his all-seeing eyes, gathering info from all over the world. More than independent beings, they were extensions of himself in a shamanic, shape-shifting practice. These two are part of a new piece I'm working on.

#watercolor #art #ravens
Watercolor painting of a flying black raven getting ready to land on tree branches with silver and blue background Watercolor painting of a flying black raven getting ready to land on tree branches with silver and blue background
February 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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If you see this, QRP with some drawings and or sketches ➰️

Here are some colored pencil drawings related to climate change

#artshare #qrp #drawings #coloredpencil #artofbluesky
Colored pencil drawing of a blue robed Buddha sitting in meditation on a gold lotus flower holding the Earth in his hands Colored pencil drawing of a sad polar bear lying in a dump on top of piles of garbage Colored pencil drawing of an injured whale with torn flesh from a ship propeller with a red, white and blue oil tanker in the background Colored pencil drawing of a tired elephant chained by his leg with green trees in the background
February 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Today is the Full Snow Moon and these are a couple of full moon paintings I've recently done. Now go outside and see the real beautiful moon.

#selenophile #fullmoon #watercolor #painting
Watercolor painting of a glowing full moon rising behind three black mountain peaks with pine tree silhouettes in the foreground Watercolor painting of a glowing full moon peaking through reaching tree branches glowing in the moonlight
February 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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I've painted the Northern Lights many times, but this past October, I was given the gift of seeing their beauty first hand in my NH front yard. This painting is based on my reference photos from that magical night.

#metallic #watercolor #wip #painting #northernlights
February 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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As I try to find balance during a prolonged relocation from NH to VT, painting helps. If you're feeling unmoored in your personal & our collective lives, I hope stargazing at this will help. See it up close at [Eight Legged Octopus](www.eightleggedoctopus.com) in Dover, NH.

#NH #yinyang #watercolor
Watercolor painting of a blue and purple yin yang with glowing full moon, sun and metallic sparkly clouds, stars and milky way.
February 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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This is 1 of 4 original paintings I have in the 85 Collection show at [NH Art Association](www.nhartassociation.org). Opening reception tonight, 5-8 pm, Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH.

Want to see more of the beauty? Click the linktree link in my profile for my art newsletter.

#watercolor #wolfpack
Watercolor painting of three wolves as black silhouettes running through orange yellow dawn light with bare branched tree silhouettes in the background.
February 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM