A lot of Coinscidences: These kind of Mountains We Climb

I wished to share this in the blog because it is so very odd doing this things happened with this particular painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to a painting and only just recently took it off from your stretcher bars. The painting was an unusual size, therefore, the stretcher bar frame just sat on along side it inside the studio. A month ago, I had created a photo that we wished to paint, because I was pondering life’s difficulties and can not overcome. The style was of an mountain, as we are decreasing in the top. I knew I desired it larger instead of perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame worked well. I really developed a canvas. I knew in advance that the painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was just one or two hours in it about the first day. The second day, I took the painting with me at night towards the beach and were able to loose the photo reference. I needed to finish the painting from memory. It had been a bit of an epic struggle in memory!

We was discussing frames this also one out of particular that we had just acquired found mind. I ran 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 auction house. For the botton of the frame was a brass label. It had, alternatives 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 Jessica Henry I had done in the initial 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they sat, awaiting new life, off to along side it in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is often a painting about our battles in everyday life, the journey with the shadows and mountain highs. That has been slightly a part of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame that people became of have down inside the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting were about the decent down a mountain side, wherein the title could be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though we hadn’t come to my knowledge until following the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it is like either the “stars align” or that i really enjoy seeing, this frame was created for this painting. Why?! I have no clue!! But there it really is! Incidentally, the label is attached to the back with the painting and will be sold with all the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!