I wished to share this within a blog since it is so that very odd like that things happened with this particular painting and frame.
In 2008 I did so a painting simply just recently removed it through the stretcher bars. The painting was an odd size, so the stretcher bar frame just sat off and away to the inside within the studio. Two to three weeks ago, I had created an image i wished to paint, since i was considering life’s difficulties and incapable of overcome. The image was of the mountain, even as are decreasing through the top. I knew I wanted it larger instead of perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame worked great. So I made a canvas. I knew beforehand how the painting would certainly be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

I was simply a couple of hours in it around the first day. The next day, I took the painting when camping to the beach and were able to loose the photo reference. I had to finish the painting from memory. It absolutely was some epic struggle in memory!

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

But the following is in which the story gets interesting, the frame originated in Christies ah. On the botton in the frame would have been 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 Jessica Henry I had created done in the original 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and so they sat, waiting for new life, off and away to the medial side in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is really a painting about our battles in your life, the journey over the shadows and mountain highs. Which was a bit a part of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It became of fit the frame that individuals became of have down in the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting was 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 come to my knowledge until following the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it feels like either the “stars align” or that for whatever reason, this frame was intended for this painting. Why?! We have not a clue!! But there it can be! Incidentally, the label is coupled to the back with the painting and you will be sold with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!