I planned to share this within a blog which is simply so very odd like that things happened with this painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to do a painting simply recently removed it from your stretcher bars. The painting was a strange size, therefore, the stretcher bar frame just sat away and off to the medial side inside the studio. A couple weeks ago, I had an image which i wished to paint, because I was thinking about life’s difficulties and incapable of overcome. The look was of an mountain, even as we are coming down in the top. I knew I desired it larger and not perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very successful. And so i designed a canvas. I knew in advance how the painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I only agreed to be one or two hours involved with it about the first day. The 2nd day, I took the painting when camping towards the beach and was able to loose the photo reference. I had to finish the painting from memory. It turned out some epic struggle in memory!

We was discussing frames this also one in particular that people had just acquired found mind. I ran right down to the frame shop and LO! it fit! what an odd size!

But here’s where the story gets interesting, the frame originated from Christies auction house. For the botton of the frame would be a brass label. It had, alternatives 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’d 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 along side it in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is a painting about our battles in everyday life, right onto your pathway through the shadows and mountain highs. That has been a little bit a part of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame we happened to have down in the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting been concerning the decent down a mountain side, wherein the title may be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though had not visit my knowledge until following the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it feels like either the “stars align” or that for reasons uknown, this frame was created for this painting. Why?! I’ve no clue!! But there it can be! Incidentally, the label is attached to the back from the painting and will be sold together with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!