Miriam's art studio—a brief history
Finding adequate studio space for an artist can be challenging, even if an artist owns their own home. For this reason, many artists choose to rent outside studio space. Miriam has been fortunate to have a dedicated art studio in her home for most of her career.
A permanent space to create art
1973-2014
Then came the flood—again
2014-2015
Over the years, many have helped improve the studio storage and functionality. Several groups and individuals from Briarwood Church in Birmingham donated their time to upgrade and renovate the studio. Although the studio was flooded in the 1990s, in 2014 the studio significantly flooded after heavy spring rain with over a foot of water getting into the studio. Fortunately, most of the paintings were safely off the floor on stands, so there was very little water damage to the artwork except for a few drawings. Remediating the water damage and remodeling the studio took over a year of work, during which time all the work had to be moved into storage. Walls were removed and replaced, electrical brought up to code, new storage shelving created, and a complete inventory of Miriam’s work begun.
A studio reborn
2015-2020
The Birmingham art studio continued to serve as a working creative space and climate-controlled storage for all Miriam’s art until 2021 when COVID-19 concerns caused Miriam to sell the Birmingham home and studio space to move to Crossville, Tennessee to be with her son, Frank. Miriam’s Crossville studio will be built in the fall of 2021 with storage space, a studio, and small gallery plus plenty of surrounding natural beauty for inspiration and plein air painting. We look forward to sharing the new Drawing on the Promises Studio space when it is completed in 2022.
