Explore art of the South & beyond
Miriam McClung's art spans over 60 years of work covering different periods of artistic styles, subjects, themes, and mediums in Birmingham, Alabama, and beyond. We will be adding more collections and pieces. If you see a work that you are interested in purchasing or learning more about, please let us know.
Birmingham, Alabama Art
A Birmingham native for almost her entire life, Miriam's most significant work revolves around the city and the places she loves in the downtown area like Southside, UAB, and the rhythms of city life she witnessed through the decades of change.
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Botanical Gardens Art
The Birmingham Botanical Gardens opened in 1963 and became a favorite place for Miriam to visit and paint over the decades. Miriam loves to draw and paint at botanical gardens wherever she travels. This collection explores those works at both formal and informal gardens.
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Birmingham's Villages
Suburban "villages" like Mountain Brook, Crestline, Homewood, and English Village were carefully planned communities for wealthier families hoping to exchange the city life of an industrial steel-making and coal-mining Birmingham in the mid-1920s for a more peaceful, less crowded, and more rural setting.
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Birmingham's Churches
Places of worship have always played a significant role in the culture and society of Birmingham from its early founding to the Civil Rights Movement to today's mega churches. Miriam has painted many of the churches in Birmingham.
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Beach Art of 30A
From Inlet Beach, Florida where Miriam spent many years vacationing with relatives to Gulf Shores, Alabama where she enjoyed lifelong friendships, to Panama City Beach, Rosemary Beach, Seaside, Alys Beach, and beyond.
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Abstract Art
Much of Miriam's early art career was dominated by abstract art which she explored extensively in university.
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Portrait Art
From artist self-portraits to portraits done while studying at the Farnsworth School, view a sample of Miriam's portrait work.
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Art of the Everyday
Scenes of everyday life and the places and people of Birmingham, Alabama, and the South depicted through Miriam's eyes and art.
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Flower Art
Miriam's mother loved all types of flowers and that passion was passed to her. On any given day you'll here Miriam noting the flowers on a drive...or painting them in her yard.
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Biblical
Miriam's faith is central to her art. She has been exploring the stories, themes, and faith of the scriptures to encourage and inspire.
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Israel
Painting and drawings from Miriam's 2003 tour of the Holy Land.
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Recent Work
These are a selection of work that Miriam has painted over the last three years since moving to Tennessee and dealing with severe loss of sight (macular degeneration) in her eyes.
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Landscape Art
Miriam enjoys the creative environment of painting outdoors—whether in downtown Birmingham or her backyard, the countryside of Alabama or urban Atlanta. This collection of her landscape and plein air painting and drawing will give you new perspectives of familiar places.
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Still Life Art
Many of Miriam's still life paintings used objects from everyday life found in her home and home studio in Birmingham, Alabama. Explore the stories behind her still life works.
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