I desired to share this in the blog which is so that very odd that way things happened using this type of painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to do a painting and only just recently removed it through the stretcher bars. The painting was an unusual size, and the stretcher bar frame just sat off to along side it within the studio. A couple weeks ago, I had a photo i wanted to paint, because I was thinking of life’s difficulties and can not overcome. The look was of an mountain, once we are decreasing from your top. I knew I wanted it larger instead of perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame worked well. And so i designed a canvas. I knew ahead of time that the painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

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

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

But here is in which the story gets interesting, the frame originated from Christies ah. Around the botton with the frame would be 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 Classical impressionist artist I had carried out the original 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they sat, awaiting new life, on the side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is a painting about our battles in your life, your journey with the shadows and mountain highs. Which has been a bit included in the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame that people happened to have down from the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting was regarding the decent down a mountain side, whereby the title may be taken more than one way. Which coincided with mine, though we had not come to my knowledge until following your painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it feels 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 connected to the back with the painting and you will be sold with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!