Way too many Coinscidences: These types of Mountains We Climb

I wished to share this in a blog because it’s simply so very odd that way things happened using this type of painting and frame.
In 2008 I did so a painting in support of recently removed it from the stretcher bars. The painting was an odd size, and so the stretcher bar frame just sat off and away to the medial side inside the studio. 2-3 weeks ago, I had created a graphic that I wanted to paint, because I was considering life’s difficulties and struggling to overcome. The look was of your mountain, as we are decreasing through the top. I knew I desired it larger rather than perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very beneficial. And so i designed a canvas. I knew beforehand that this painting would be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was only one or two hours involved with it on the first day. The 2nd day, I took the painting with me at night for the beach and managed to loose the photo reference. I needed to finish the painting from memory. It absolutely was some epic struggle in memory!

We happened to be discussing frames and also this one out of particular that individuals had just acquired came to mind. I ran down to the frame shop and LO! it fit! how much of an odd size!

But here’s the place that the story gets interesting, the frame originated in Christies auction house. About the botton in 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 Plein air painting I’d carried out the first 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they also sat, looking forward to new life, off and away to the side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is a painting about our battles in life, the journey from 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 we happened to have down within the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting happened to be regarding the decent down a mountain side, where in the title may be taken more than one way. Which coincided with mine, though we hadn’t come to my knowledge until after the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it feels as though either the “stars align” or that i really enjoy seeing, this frame was meant for this painting. Why?! We have no idea!! But there it really is! Incidentally, the label is linked to the back in the painting and you will be sold together with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!