Too Many Coinscidences: These types of Mountains We Climb

I wished to share this within a blog because it is so that very odd like that things happened using this painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to a painting and only just recently took it off from the stretcher bars. The painting was a strange size, so the stretcher bar frame just sat on the inside inside the studio. A couple weeks ago, I needed an image that we wanted to paint, because I was considering life’s difficulties and can not overcome. The style was of a mountain, once we are decreasing from the top. I knew I needed it larger instead of perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame worked well. Therefore i made a canvas. I knew in advance that this painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was simply a couple of hours into it about the first day. The next day, I took the painting with me towards the beach and been able to loose the photo reference. I needed to finish the painting from memory. It had been some epic struggle in memory!

We was discussing frames and also this one in particular that we had just acquired came to mind. I ran right down to the frame shop and LO! it fit! how much an odd size!

But here is the location where the story gets interesting, the frame originated in Christies ah. About the botton from the frame would be 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 Plein air painting I’d carried out the initial 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed plus they sat, waiting for new life, away and off to along side it in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is a painting about our battles in daily life, your way with the shadows and mountain highs. That was somewhat included in the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame that individuals became of have down inside the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting were about the decent down a mountain side, wherein the title could possibly be taken more than one way. Which coincided with mine, though had not arrived at my knowledge until after the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it is like either the “stars align” or that i really enjoy seeing, this frame was meant for this painting. Why?! We’ve no idea!! But there it’s! Incidentally, the label is connected to the back from the painting and you will be sold with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!