Way too many Coinscidences: These Mountains We Climb

I desired to share this in the blog because it is so very odd like that things happened with this particular painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to a painting in support of just recently removed it from the stretcher bars. The painting was a strange size, and the stretcher bar frame just sat on the side inside the studio. 2-3 weeks ago, I needed an image which i wanted to paint, since i was considering life’s difficulties and incapable of overcome. The style was of the mountain, even as we are coming down in the top. I knew I wanted it larger instead of perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very beneficial. Therefore i made a canvas. I knew in advance that the painting would be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was just one or two hours in it about the first day. The 2nd day, I took the painting beside me to the beach and been able to loose the photo reference. I needed to finish the painting from memory. It had been a bit of an epic struggle in memory!

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

But this is in which the story gets interesting, the frame originated from Christies auction house. Around the botton from the frame was obviously 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 impressionist artist I’d carried out in the first 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they sat, expecting new life, off to the side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is often a painting about our battles in your life, your journey from the shadows and mountain highs. Which was a bit element of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It became of fit the frame that we became of have down inside the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting happened to be in regards to the decent down a mountain side, whereby the title might be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though hadn’t arrive at my knowledge until as soon as the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it is like either the “stars align” or that i really enjoy seeing, this frame was intended for this painting. Why?! We’ve little idea!! But there it’s! Incidentally, the label is coupled to the back with the painting and you will be sold with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!