Lots of Coinscidences: These kinds of Mountains We Climb

I wished to share this in a blog since it is so very odd like that things happened with this particular painting and frame.
In 2008 I did a painting in support of just lately took it off in the stretcher bars. The painting was an unusual size, therefore, the stretcher bar frame just sat off to along side it within the studio. A month ago, I needed an image which i planned to paint, because I was thinking about life’s difficulties and can not overcome. The look was of the mountain, as we are decreasing through the top. I knew I want to it larger instead of perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very beneficial. Therefore i developed a canvas. I knew before hand the painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was simply a couple hours involved with it around the first day. The next day, I took the painting beside me to the beach and were able to loose the photo reference. I had to finish the painting from memory. It turned out a bit of an epic struggle in memory!

We happened to be discussing frames this also 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 here’s the location where the story gets interesting, the frame originated Christies auction house. Around the botton from the frame would be a brass label. It had, as yet 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 Plein air painting I’d done in the original 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they sat, expecting new life, on the side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is really a painting about our battles in everyday life, right onto your pathway with the shadows and mountain highs. Which has been slightly a part of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It became of fit the frame that individuals became of have down inside the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting happened to be in regards to the decent down a mountain side, wherein the title might be taken more than one way. Which coincided with mine, though we had not arrive at my knowledge until as soon as the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it is like either the “stars align” or that for reasons unknown, this frame was created for this painting. Why?! I’ve no idea!! But there it can be! Incidentally, the label is linked to the back of the painting and are sold using the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!