Lots of Coinscidences: These kind of Mountains We Climb

I wanted to share this in the blog which is so very odd that way things happened using this painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to a painting in support of recently removed it through the stretcher bars. The painting was a strange size, so the stretcher bar frame just sat off and away to the inside inside the studio. 2-3 weeks ago, I’d a photo that I wished to paint, since i was pondering life’s difficulties and incapable of overcome. The image was of your mountain, once we are coming down through the top. I knew I want to it larger instead of perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very beneficial. And so i made a canvas. I knew in advance how the painting would certainly be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was only a couple hours involved with it around the first day. The other day, I took the painting when camping for 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 were discussing frames and this one out of particular we had just acquired located mind. I ran into the frame shop and LO! it fit! how much of an odd size!

But here is the location where the story gets interesting, the frame came from Christies auction house. About the botton of the frame was obviously 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 done in the original 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they sat, waiting for new life, on along side it in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is a painting about our battles in everyday life, your journey over the shadows and mountain highs. Which has been a bit element of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It became of fit the frame that people happened to have down within the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting were in regards to the decent down a mountain side, wherein the title may be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though we hadn’t come to my knowledge until after 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 can be! Incidentally, the label is coupled to the back from the painting and are sold together with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!