Too Many Coinscidences: These types of Mountains We Climb

I wished to share this inside a blog which is simply so very odd doing this things happened using this painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to a painting and only just recently removed it in the stretcher bars. The painting was an unusual size, therefore, the stretcher bar frame just sat away and off to the side within the studio. A couple weeks ago, I’d a photo which i planned to paint, because I was considering life’s difficulties and incapable of overcome. The look was of the mountain, even as we are decreasing in the top. I knew I needed it larger instead of perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame worked well. And so i created a canvas. I knew before hand that this painting was going to be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was only a couple hours in it for the first day. The 2nd day, I took the painting beside me on the beach and managed to loose the photo reference. I had to finish the painting from memory. It turned out some epic struggle in memory!

We was discussing frames and also this one out of particular we had just acquired came to mind. I ran into the frame shop and LO! it fit! what an odd size!

But here’s where the story gets interesting, the frame came from Christies auction house. Around the botton with the frame would be 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 impressionism I had created completed in the original 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they also sat, waiting for new life, off to the side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is really a painting about our battles in everyday life, your way from the shadows and mountain highs. Which has been a bit included in the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame that individuals happened to have down inside the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting were regarding 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 arrived at my knowledge until following your painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it feels like either the “stars align” or that for reasons unknown, this frame was designed for this painting. Why?! We’ve not a clue!! But there it really is! Incidentally, the label is linked 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!