Lots of Coinscidences: These kind of Mountains We Climb

I planned to share this inside a blog because it’s just so very odd that way things happened with this particular painting and frame.
In 2008 I did a painting and just just recently removed it from your stretcher bars. The painting was an odd size, so the stretcher bar frame just sat away and off to the side inside the studio. A couple weeks ago, I had a graphic that I wanted to paint, because I was pondering life’s difficulties and can not overcome. The image was of a mountain, as we are coming down through the top. I knew I desired it larger rather than perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame worked well. Therefore i designed a canvas. I knew before hand the painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I only agreed to be a couple of hours involved with it on the first day. The next day, I took the painting beside me for the beach and was able to loose the photo reference. I had to finish the painting from memory. It had been a bit of an epic struggle in memory!

We been discussing frames and this one out of particular that people had just acquired came to mind. I ran into the frame shop and LO! it fit! how much an odd size!

But here’s in which the story gets interesting, the frame came from Christies auction house. On the botton of the frame was obviously a brass label. It had, up to now framed a painting by Frederic Remington, called “The Way Down” and featured a string of pack mules descending a mountain side.

Sound strange!?
1. The Classical impressionist artist I had created carried out the main 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they sat, expecting new life, off to the medial side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is really a painting about our battles in life, right onto your pathway from the shadows and mountain highs. Which was a bit element of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame that individuals became of have down from the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting was about the decent down a mountain side, whereby the title might be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though we had not arrive at my knowledge until as soon as the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it seems like either the “stars align” or that for reasons uknown, this frame was designed for this painting. Why?! I’ve no clue!! But there it is! Incidentally, the label is linked to the back of the painting and you will be sold using the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!