Way too many Coinscidences: These kinds of Mountains We Climb

I wished to share this in a blog because it is so that very odd like that things happened using this painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to do a painting and only just lately removed it in the stretcher bars. The painting was an unusual size, therefore, the stretcher bar frame just sat off to the inside within the studio. A couple weeks ago, I had an image that we desired to paint, since i was thinking about life’s difficulties and can not overcome. The picture was of your mountain, as we are coming down in the top. I knew I wanted it larger and not perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very successful. So I developed a canvas. I knew before hand how the painting would be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was just a few hours into it about the first day. The 2nd day, I took the painting with me on the beach and was able to loose the photo reference. I needed to finish the painting from memory. It absolutely was some epic struggle in memory!

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

But here is in which the story gets interesting, the frame originated Christies auction house. For the botton from the frame was 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 Classical impressionist artist I had carried out in the original 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed plus they sat, awaiting new life, off to the medial side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is often a painting about our battles in daily life, your way through the shadows and mountain highs. That has been slightly included in the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It became of fit the frame we happened to have down in the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting happened to be in regards to the decent down a mountain side, wherein the title may be taken more than one way. Which coincided with mine, though we had not arrive at my knowledge until after the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it seems like either the “stars align” or that i really enjoy seeing, this frame was intended for this painting. Why?! We have not a clue!! But there it really is! Incidentally, the label is coupled to the back with the painting and will also be sold together with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!