Baltic Birch
Baltic Birch is what most of my Diptych and Triptychs are painted on, and has a light tone and faint grain.
Olive Ash Burl Linear
Mappa Burl
Mappa Burl gets imported from Europe and has a peppered, two-tone effect with tight dark clusters.
Olive Ash Burl
Quilted Maple Burl
Quilted Maple Burl comes from the Bigleaf Maple tree that grows in the Pacific Northwest. I love the wiggly grain effect, which comes from the way this wood is flat-sawed to distort the natural grain.
Myrtle Burl
Karelian Burl
Karelian Burl is a type of Birch tree that grows near Russia. Its flame-like grain pattern is specific to this type of Burl and totally gorgeous.
Maple Burl
Maple Burl has a toasted tone to it that makes me think of Maple syrup.
Oak White Burl
The Oak tree is a traditional American material and its Burl looks like a Rorschach test.
Ash White Burl
Ash White Burl from Ash trees has a fossilized look to it, accented with specks of dark.
Madrone Burl
Madrone is known as the Strawberry Tree due to its natural pink and red cast. The striations in the grain have a tiger’s eye vibe.
Redwood Burl Vavona
Redwood trees, also known as Sequias, are enormous with burls growing at the root and casting red.
Carpathian Elm Burl
Carpapthian Elm. trees, also known as the English Elm, have pink and brown tones and typically have more color variety than most.
Oak White Burl 2
Maple Burl 2