I planned to share this within a blog because it is so that very odd doing this things happened using this painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to a painting and just just recently took it off through the stretcher bars. The painting was an unusual size, therefore, the stretcher bar frame just sat away and off to the inside from the studio. Two to three weeks ago, I had an image that we planned to paint, since i was pondering life’s difficulties and incapable of overcome. The picture was of an mountain, even as are coming down from your top. I knew I want to it larger and not perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very beneficial. So I designed a canvas. I knew before hand the painting would be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was just a few hours with it on the first day. The 2nd day, I took the painting when camping to the beach and managed 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 which one inch particular that we had just acquired came to mind. I ran right down to the frame shop and LO! it fit! how much an odd size!

But this is the place that the story gets interesting, the frame originated in Christies auction house. On the botton in the frame would have been 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 had created carried out in the first 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” can be a painting about our battles in everyday life, right onto your pathway with the shadows and mountain highs. Which was slightly included in the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It became of fit the frame we became of have down in the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting been regarding the decent down a mountain side, wherein the title may be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though hadn’t come to my knowledge until following the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it feels as though either the “stars align” or that for whatever reason, this frame was intended for this painting. Why?! We’ve no clue!! But there it really is! Incidentally, the label is coupled to the back of the painting and will be sold with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!