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These pictures are all made using different species and colors of wood
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D198 Magnolia This gorgeous magnolia flower is made of bleached an dyed birdseye maple. The leaves are poplar. The background behind the flower is walnut and the border is maple. Available for sale. |
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D191 Wild Geranium This picture has a camphorwood border which is a rich, deep orange. The background and leaves are made of poplar and the flower is dyed wood, natural poplar and madrone burl. The frame adds to the overall elegance of the picture. SOLD |
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D196 Spider Lily The spider lily is made with bleached and dyed maple. The stamens are madrone and the leaves are poplar. The background is curly quilted cherry and a shimmering tiger koa border around it. This picture has a richness to it which is due to the shine in the cherry and the koa. SOLD |
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D182 Pink Orchid The whole picture is made of dyed veneers, mainly poplar and maple. This is the terrestrial orchid, Bletilla striata, one of my favorite flowers. Available for sale. |
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D123 Blue Butterfly on Clover The border on this picture is pearwood, which is a creamy, fine textured wood. The background is poplar. The leaves are also poplar with dyed blue poplar accents. The clover flowers and butterfly are made up of different dyed veneers. Available for sale. |
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D190 Pink Camellias This picture has an interesting mappa burl background and ash burl border. The flowers are madrone burl and the leaves are poplar. SOLD |
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D179 Blue-eyed Grass All the pieces making up this marquetry picture are dyed poplar. This wild grass has delicate little blue star-shaped flowers in spring. Available for sale. |
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D183 Tulip Poplar This tulip poplar flower sprig is made of a walnut stem, poplar leaves and flower and orange dyed veneer for the center of the flower. The stamens are holly. The background is walnut with an anigre border. Available for sale. |
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D166 Magnolia The magnolia flower is made up of different dyed and bleached wood veneers. The background wood is Orientalwood from Australia and the border is eucalyptus with poplar squares in the corners. Available for sale. |
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D195 Dogwood & Twig The lovely green border is a natural poplar. The background is walnut as well as the twig. The flower is holly which has been dipped in hot sand to form the subtle shadows on the bracts and the individual flowers in the center. SOLD |
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D194 Tree on Hill This lovely little picture is my interpretation of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I tried to keep it as "natural" as possible by including a lot of natural wood grain. The border is beech, the background is walnut and the hills are made up of several different types of oak. The tree and ground are walnut and the sky is ash. SOLD |
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D177 John C. Campbell Folk School ~ The Valley This landscape is of the valley view from the John C. Folk School. It has several different species of wood depicting the different elements of the design, including amboyna, ash, locust, koto and poplar. The border is oak. Available for sale. |
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D102 Red Dahlia Birdseye maple background, with different shades of poplar making up the leaves. The flower petals are myrtle from Tasmania with willow highlights. Available for sale. |
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D107 Yellow Poppy The leaves of the poppy are made up of several pieces of yellow poplar and the flowers are dyed yellow veneers. The lovely background is a walnut crotch. This picture works nicely with D108 Chicory (below) as a pair as they are framed the same and the same size. Available for sale. |
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D108 Chicory 8" x 10" picture size 14 1/8" x 12 1/8" framed size The background on this picture is poplar and the flower and leaves are made with dyed veneers. This picture works nicely with D107 Yellow Poppy (above) as a pair as they are framed the same and the same size. SOLD |
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D164 Red Rose The leaves of the rose are yellow polar and turtleback poplar on a maple pommele background. The rose petals were created by using different species or red woods like Indian rosewood, makore and cherry. Available for sale. |
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D130 Asiatic Lily The lily is maple pommel. The shading in the center of the flower and the tips are done by charring the veneer in hot sand, thus creating shadows. The background is walnut burl and the border is a striking tiger-stripe maple. I have 3 more of these, all a little different, forming a set. Available for sale. Individual or in
sets of 2, 3 or 4 pictures showing similar but different flowers and
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D143 Swamp Daisy This was one of a set of 3 daisies. This daisy is made of satinwood. The shading is created by dipping the veneer in hot sand, which chars the edges, thus creating a show. The background veneer is redwood burl and the border is figured sycamore. SOLD set of 3 |
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D176 Dogwood Flower The dogwood flower is made of holly with satinwood and walnut accents. The leaves are poplar and the twig is walnut. The background is walnut with an oak border. SOLD |
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D134 Treescape 7" x 7" picture size 11 1/4" x 11 1/4" framed size The border on this picture is koa and the picture is made up of poplar, walnut, madrone burl and imboya. Available for sale. Individual or sets of 2, 3 or 4
similar but different scenes. |
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