I wanted to share this inside a blog which is so very odd that way things happened with this painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to a painting in support of recently removed it in the stretcher bars. The painting was a strange size, and the stretcher bar frame just sat on along side it in the studio. 2-3 weeks ago, I had created an image i wished to paint, because I was considering life’s difficulties and incapable of overcome. The look was of a mountain, even as we are coming down through the top. I knew I wanted it larger and not perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame worked well. Therefore i designed a canvas. I knew ahead of time that this painting would definitely be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was only one or two hours with it about the first day. The other day, I took the painting with me at night towards the beach and managed to loose the photo reference. I had to finish the painting from memory. It had been some epic struggle in memory!

We were discussing frames this also one out of particular we had just acquired found mind. I ran 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 came from Christies ah. On the botton from the frame would be a brass label. It had, as yet 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 created carried out the original 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed plus they sat, looking forward to new life, off and away to along side it in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is a painting about our battles in life, the journey from the shadows and mountain highs. That has been somewhat an element of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It happened to fit the frame we happened to have down from the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting happened to be in regards to the decent down a mountain side, where in the title could be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though we had not come to my knowledge until as soon as the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it feels as though either the “stars align” or that for whatever reason, this frame was created for this painting. Why?! We have no idea!! But there it is! Incidentally, the label is attached to the back from the painting and will also be sold with all the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!