@Bolero If you like this tree, or the stuff Kurtis sells in general, that is perfectly fine! As I noted in my post, Kurtis clearly has a market that he does the cater too! By definition, the people outside his market are those who have no interest in his trees. For some reason i doubt that Walter Pall is a repeat-customer of his... or would ever buy a tree from him!
a very similar Amur Maple
I don't know how many people will see the similarities that you see. But it is possible that you are seeing these 2 trees in a way that others do not. I would encourage
you to work with material that
you find interesting, without expecting others to find that same material worthwhile. We all see trees differently -- in this case, the views are pretty one-sided, but that assessment remains collectively subjective, not objective.