I planned to share this in a blog because it is just so very odd this way things happened using this type of painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to a painting in support of just took it off from the stretcher bars. The painting was a strange size, therefore, the stretcher bar frame just sat off and away to the side in the studio. Two to three weeks ago, I’d a photo that I wanted to paint, because I was pondering life’s difficulties and incapable of overcome. The image was of your mountain, once we are decreasing from your top. I knew I desired it larger instead of perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame worked great. I really developed a canvas. I knew beforehand the painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was only a few hours with it on the first day. The second day, I took the painting beside me for the beach and been able to loose the photo reference. I needed to finish the painting from memory. It had been a bit of an epic struggle in memory!

We happened to be discussing frames and this one inch particular that we had just acquired found mind. I ran into the frame shop and LO! it fit! how much an odd size!

But the following is in which the story gets interesting, the frame originated in Christies ah. About the botton with the frame was 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 Classical impressionism I had carried out the original 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they also sat, expecting new life, on the medial side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is a painting about our battles in daily life, right onto your pathway through the shadows and mountain highs. Which has been a little bit element of 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 were regarding the decent down a mountain side, whereby the title could possibly be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though we hadn’t visit my knowledge until as soon as the 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?! I’ve no idea!! But there it is! Incidentally, the label is attached to the back with the painting and you will be sold using the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!