A lot of Coinscidences: These kinds of Mountains We Climb

I wished to share this inside a blog since it is simply so very odd doing this things happened using this painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to do a painting and only just removed it from your stretcher bars. The painting was an odd size, therefore, the stretcher bar frame just sat on the medial side inside the studio. 2-3 weeks ago, I had a photo i wished to paint, because I was pondering life’s difficulties and struggling to overcome. The style was of the mountain, even as are coming down from your top. I knew I needed it larger and never perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very beneficial. I really designed a canvas. I knew before hand how the painting would certainly be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I only agreed to be a couple hours with it about the first day. The next day, I took the painting when camping to the beach and been able to loose the photo reference. I needed to finish the painting from memory. It was some epic struggle in memory!

We been discussing frames which one in particular that individuals had just acquired stumbled on mind. I ran down to the frame shop and LO! it fit! how much of an odd size!

But here’s the location where the story gets interesting, the frame originated from Christies ah. Around the botton of the frame was a brass label. It had, up to now 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 needed done in the initial 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and so they sat, expecting new life, away and off to the medial side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is often a painting about our battles in life, the journey over the shadows and mountain highs. That was slightly an element of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame that people happened to have down in the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting been regarding the decent down a mountain side, wherein the title might be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though we hadn’t arrive at my knowledge until after the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it seems like either the “stars align” or that i really enjoy seeing, this frame was created for this painting. Why?! We’ve not a clue!! But there it’s! Incidentally, the label is connected to the back from the painting and will be sold with all the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!