Way too many Coinscidences: These types of Mountains We Climb


I planned to share this in the blog because it’s just so very odd this way things happened with this painting and frame.
In 2008 I did so a painting and just just took it off from the stretcher bars. The painting was an unusual size, and so the stretcher bar frame just sat on the medial side within the studio. 2-3 weeks ago, I’d a graphic i desired to paint, since i was thinking about life’s difficulties and struggling to overcome. The image was of the mountain, 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 successful. So I made a canvas. I knew before hand how the painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was simply a few hours into it on the first day. The next day, I took the painting beside me to the beach and were able to loose the photo reference. I needed to finish the painting from memory. It was a bit of an epic struggle in memory!

We was discussing frames and this one out of particular that individuals had just acquired located mind. I ran as a result of the frame shop and LO! it fit! what an odd size!

But here is the place that the story gets interesting, the frame originated from Christies ah. On the botton in 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 needed carried out the original 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 your life, your journey from the shadows and mountain highs. That was slightly included in the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame that we became of have down within the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting been about the decent down a mountain side, where in the title could possibly be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though we hadn’t arrive at my knowledge until as soon as the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it feels like either the “stars align” or that i really enjoy seeing, this frame was intended for this painting. Why?! I have little idea!! But there it can be! Incidentally, the label is attached to the back of the painting and you will be sold using the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!

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