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To see how heavy this paint is look at the two new images at the bottom of the post. It stands in marked contrast to the otherwise quite flat surface of the painting.

China has been a net importer of wood for many years and in the late 1980s started a plantation program to reduce reliance on imported timber. Most of the timber types in their plantations are pine. The plantations are expected to produce around 150 million cubic meters of timber per annum by 2015.

Given the quality of the timber and the consistency of the product I’m confident that this is plantation timber. The origin of the timber cant be identified for certain but imported timber is quite expensive for China so it is likely to come from Chinese plantations.

Comparing these panels to the quality of material used in cheap canvas stretchers is like comparing a fine wine to a poor quality beer that has gone flat. The people working in making these panels are obviously taking care in their end product.

Paris44 you are quite right these are wonderful surfaces to paint on. we are working on a short video to show how to prepare them for use.