Too Many Coinscidences: These kind of Mountains We Climb

I wanted to share this in a blog since it is so very odd that way things happened with this painting and frame.
In 2008 I did a painting and just just recently removed it from the stretcher bars. The painting was a strange size, so the stretcher bar frame just sat off and away to the side from the studio. 2-3 weeks ago, I needed an image which i planned to paint, since i was thinking about life’s difficulties and struggling to overcome. The image was of a mountain, even as we are decreasing in the top. I knew I desired it larger rather than perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very successful. Therefore i developed a canvas. I knew in advance that the painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was just a couple of hours with it for the first day. The 2nd day, I took the painting beside me towards the beach and managed 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 were discussing frames which one in particular that people had just acquired came to mind. I ran right down to 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. On the botton of the frame was a brass label. It had, until recently 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 carried out the main 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they also sat, waiting for new life, off and away to the inside in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is a painting about our battles in life, your journey from the shadows and mountain highs. That has been a bit element of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame that individuals became of have down within the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting was concerning the decent down a mountain side, where in the title could be taken more than one way. Which coincided with mine, though we hadn’t arrived at my knowledge until following your painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it seems like either the “stars align” or that for whatever reason, this frame was designed for this painting. Why?! We have not a clue!! But there it’s! Incidentally, the label is linked to the back with the painting and will be sold with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!