Too Many Coinscidences: These kind of Mountains We Climb

I wished to share this in a blog which is simply so very odd that way things happened with this particular painting and frame.
In 2008 I did so a painting in support of just removed it through the stretcher bars. The painting was an odd size, therefore, the stretcher bar frame just sat off to the side within the studio. A couple weeks ago, I had created a photo that we desired to paint, since i was thinking about life’s difficulties and can not overcome. The look was of your mountain, even as are decreasing through the top. I knew I desired it larger instead of perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very beneficial. Therefore i created a canvas. I knew ahead of time how the painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was simply a few hours with it about the first day. The next day, I took the painting beside me for the beach and was able to loose the photo reference. I had to finish the painting from memory. It had been some epic struggle in memory!

We happened to be discussing frames this also one inch particular that we had just acquired came to mind. I ran into the frame shop and LO! it fit! how much of an odd size!

But this is in which the story gets interesting, the frame originated from Christies auction house. About the botton with the frame was 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 created completed in the main 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they also sat, awaiting new life, away and off to the side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” can be a painting about our battles in life, the journey over the shadows and mountain highs. That has been somewhat element of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame that people happened to have down within the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting was regarding the decent down a mountain side, wherein the title could possibly be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though we had not arrived at my knowledge until after the 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?! I have not a clue!! But there it really is! Incidentally, the label is attached to the back of the painting and you will be sold with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!