A lot of Coinscidences: These kinds of Mountains We Climb

I wanted to share this in the blog since it is so that very odd like that things happened using this painting and frame.
In 2008 I did so a painting and only just recently removed it from your stretcher bars. The painting was a bizarre size, and the stretcher bar frame just sat off to the inside inside the studio. 2-3 weeks ago, I had a photo which i wanted to paint, because I was considering life’s difficulties and incapable of overcome. The style was of an mountain, even as are decreasing in the top. I knew I want to it larger and not perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame worked great. I really designed a canvas. I knew beforehand that the painting would be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was only one or two hours in it around the first day. The other day, I took the painting with 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 also this one out of particular that we had just acquired stumbled on mind. I ran right down to the frame shop and LO! it fit! what an odd size!

But the following is in which the story gets interesting, the frame originated in Christies ah. About the botton of the frame was obviously a brass label. It had, alternatives 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 impressionism I needed carried out the original 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed plus they sat, expecting new life, off and away to along side it in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is really a painting about our battles in everyday life, the journey with the shadows and mountain highs. That was slightly a part of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It became of fit the frame that people became of have down inside the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting was concerning the decent down a mountain side, wherein the title might be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though had not come to my knowledge until following your painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it feels as though either the “stars align” or that for whatever reason, this frame was meant for this painting. Why?! I have not a clue!! But there it is! Incidentally, the label is coupled to the back with the painting and are sold using the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!