Lots of Coinscidences: These types of Mountains We Climb
I planned to share this within a blog because it is simply so very odd that way things happened using this type of painting and frame.
In 2008 I did a painting and just just lately removed it in the stretcher bars. The painting was a strange size, so the stretcher bar frame just sat off to the medial side inside the studio. 2-3 weeks ago, I had created a graphic that we wanted to paint, since i was considering life’s difficulties and helpless to overcome. The picture was of a mountain, once we are decreasing in the top. I knew I want to it larger rather than perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame worked great. I really designed a canvas. I knew before hand the painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.
I was just a couple of hours in it on the first day. The 2nd day, I took the painting with me at night to the beach and were able to loose the photo reference. I had to finish the painting from memory. It had been a bit of an epic struggle in memory!
We happened to be discussing frames and also this one in particular that we had just acquired came to mind. I ran right down to the frame shop and LO! it fit! how much of an odd size!
But here is in which the story gets interesting, the frame came from Christies ah. For the botton with the frame would be a brass label. It had, until recently 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 completed in the main 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed plus they sat, awaiting new life, off to the side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is really a painting about our battles in life, right onto your pathway over 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 we happened to have down inside the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting was in regards to the decent down a mountain side, whereby the title may be taken more than one way. Which coincided with mine, though we hadn’t arrive at my knowledge until as soon as the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it seems like either the “stars align” or that for reasons uknown, this frame was designed for this painting. Why?! We’ve little idea!! But there it is! Incidentally, the label is linked to the back from the painting and are sold with all the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!
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