Way too many Coinscidences: These types of Mountains We Climb

I desired to share this within a blog since it is simply so very odd doing this things happened using this type of painting and frame.
In 2008 I did a painting and just just removed it through the stretcher bars. The painting was a bizarre size, and so the stretcher bar frame just sat away and off to the inside in the studio. 2-3 weeks ago, I needed an image that I planned to paint, because I was thinking of life’s difficulties and struggling to overcome. The look was of a mountain, even as are coming down in the top. I knew I desired it larger rather than perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very beneficial. So I designed a canvas. I knew ahead of time how the painting was going to be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was simply a couple of hours in it about the first day. The 2nd day, I took the painting when camping to the beach and been able to loose the photo reference. I had to finish the painting from memory. It was a bit of an epic struggle in memory!

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

But here is the place that the story gets interesting, the frame came from Christies auction house. For the botton of the frame would have been 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 had created completed in the first 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they also sat, awaiting new life, off to the medial side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is a painting about our battles in your life, your journey with the shadows and mountain highs. Which was somewhat an element of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame that we happened to have down within the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting was concerning the decent down a mountain side, where in the title might be taken more than one way. Which coincided with mine, though we had not visit 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 designed for this painting. Why?! I’ve not a clue!! But there it’s! Incidentally, the label is linked to the back from the painting and will be sold with all the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!