Mirrored by the water in which it stands, a Willow Tree rises along the lakeside promenade of Grand Prairie Central Park, between Dallas and Ft Worth, Texas. Arching stainless steel branches hold 80,000 mother-of-pearl leaves that shimmer silvery green, reflecting on the water’s surface to evoke the impressionistic paintings of Claude Monet. Viewed from the promenade, this full-size Willow sways gently in the breeze, its handcrafted leaves making gentle sounds, the iridescent surfaces constantly changing with the atmosphere, catching light like the pointillist color fields of Georges Seurat: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte!

Our ephemeral Willow is a singular centerpiece, universally recognized, which departs from the impersonal machined aesthetic of modern technology, highlighting instead a tradition of arts and crafts: the hand-made leaves, and craftsmanship of welding every twig and branch are unique to this installation. These long-lasting materials render the Willow maintenance-free, enhanced at night by soft illumination to evoke a dreamlike, weightless presence on the lake.