Too Many Coinscidences: These kind of Mountains We Climb

I planned to share this in a blog because it is just so very odd doing this things happened with this painting and frame.
In 2008 Used to do a painting simply just lately removed it in the stretcher bars. The painting was a strange size, and the stretcher bar frame just sat away and off to the inside from the studio. 2-3 weeks ago, I had created a photo i planned to paint, since i was considering life’s difficulties and helpless to overcome. The look was of the mountain, even as we are decreasing from the top. I knew I wanted it larger rather than perfectly square. The 26″ x 32″ stretcher bar frame was very successful. I really designed a canvas. I knew beforehand that the painting would certainly be called “These Mountains We Climb”.

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

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

But here’s the place that the story gets interesting, the frame originated from Christies ah. Around the botton of the frame was obviously 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 Jessica Henry I had created completed in the initial 26″ x 32″ stretcher bars was called “Inspiration”, but was later removed and they sat, looking forward to new life, off to along side it in my studio.
2. “These Mountains We Climb” is a painting about our battles in life, the journey through the shadows and mountain highs. That has been a little bit a part of the painting itself- having lost the reference!
3. It became of fit the frame that we happened to have down within the frame shop.
4. The Remington painting was about the decent down a mountain side, whereby the title could be taken many different ways. Which coincided with mine, though had not arrived at my knowledge until following the painting was completed and framed.
Sometimes it seems like either the “stars align” or that for reasons uknown, this frame was intended for this painting. Why?! We have little idea!! But there it is! Incidentally, the label is coupled to the back with the painting and are sold with the painting. Things don’t really ever happen this way- fun stuff!