A lot of Coinscidences: These types of Mountains We Climb

I wished to share this in the blog which is so that very odd this way things happened using this painting and frame.
In 2008 I did so a painting and just recently removed it from the stretcher bars. The painting was an unusual size, so the stretcher bar frame just sat away and off to the medial side inside the studio. Two to three weeks ago, I had a photo that we planned to paint, because I was pondering life’s difficulties and helpless to overcome. The picture was of an mountain, once we are coming down in the top. I knew I want to it larger and not perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very beneficial. So I created a canvas. I knew beforehand that this painting was going to be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I only agreed to be one or two hours with it about the first day. The other day, I took the painting with me at night to the beach and were able to loose the photo reference. I needed to finish the painting from memory. It had been some epic struggle in memory!

We been discussing frames which one out of particular that individuals had just acquired found mind. I ran right down to the frame shop and LO! it fit! what an odd size!

But here’s the place that the story gets interesting, the frame came from Christies auction house. About the botton of the frame was a brass label. It had, until recently 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’d carried out the initial 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they sat, looking forward to new life, off and away to the inside in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is a painting about our battles in life, the journey through the shadows and mountain highs. That has been slightly an element of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It became of fit the frame that individuals became of have down in the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting happened to be concerning the decent down a mountain side, whereby the title might be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though we hadn’t come to my knowledge until after the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it feels like either the “stars align” or that for reasons uknown, this frame was intended for this painting. Why?! We’ve not a clue!! But there it can be! Incidentally, the label is attached to the back of the painting and will be sold with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!