Lots of Coinscidences: These types of Mountains We Climb

I desired to share this inside a blog which is so very odd this way things happened using this type of painting and frame.
In 2008 I did so a painting and only just took it off through the stretcher bars. The painting was an unusual size, therefore, the stretcher bar frame just sat on the medial side in the studio. A month ago, I had a picture i desired to paint, since i was pondering life’s difficulties and helpless to overcome. The look was of a mountain, even as we are coming down from your top. I knew I desired it larger instead of perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very beneficial. I really created a canvas. I knew in advance that this painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was simply a few hours involved with it about the first day. The second day, I took the painting when camping towards the beach and been able to loose the photo reference. I had to finish the painting from memory. It was a bit of an epic struggle in memory!

We happened to be discussing frames and also this one in particular that people had just acquired found mind. I ran as a result of the frame shop and LO! it fit! how much of an odd size!

But this is in which the story gets interesting, the frame came from Christies auction house. On 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 had done in the original 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they sat, looking forward to new life, on the side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is often a painting about our battles in daily life, the journey through the shadows and mountain highs. Which has been slightly element of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame that we became of have down in the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting happened to be in regards to the decent down a mountain side, whereby the title might be taken more than one way. Which coincided with mine, though had not arrive at my knowledge until following the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it seems like either the “stars align” or that for reasons unknown, this frame was intended for this painting. Why?! I’ve no clue!! But there it really is! Incidentally, the label is coupled to the back from the painting and are sold with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!