Journal

Looking at Miriam’s self-portraits through the decades. The first self-portrait was done in 1949 when Miriam was 14. The world was still in transition from war, the economy was uncertain, and Miriam was in transition from elementary school (there was no middle school then) to becoming a freshman in high school. Questions and changes abound […]

Anyone who has ever experienced a injury, especially those requiring physical therapy, understands how difficult transitions can be from one position to another or from an injured state back to a healthy one. The study and final painting done in 1968 while Miriam’s husband was working through one of the periods of transition captures the

Spring is time of year when the weather and nature transition from dormant to alive. Life also transitions this time of year: students are about to from one phase of life to the next. Building projects begin in earnest. Relationships are publicly committed to and declared. And the list goes on. We’re looking at some

This work depicts the biblical story of Christ’s birth with Crestline Village in Birmingham, Alabama as the backdrop for the scene. Miriam says, “I again was influenced by a show at the Birmingham Museum. The work of William Dunlap with all the letters and words mixed into a Civil War work made a real impression.

This is one of three in a series about the story of Christ’s birth–all pastel in blue with words on the works. “I was influenced by a show at the Birmingham Museum. The work of William Dunlap with all the letters and words mixed into a Civil War work made a real impression.” What makes

It is difficult to overstate the outsized recognition that the small city of Irondale adjacent to Birmingham and Miriam’s home/studio has in the city. Founded in 1887 and named after the Irondale Furnace (a Civil War-era furnace less than 2 miles from Miriam’s Birmingham home, Irondale is home to several state and nationally-recognized organizations. The