Miriam McClung
Crossville, TN
Birmingham, Alabama artist painting on life and faith for over seventy years.
Message- Miriam McClung
- Silas McClung, 2019
- Oil on Linen Canvas
- 40 x 29.75 x 1 in
- Inv: 3080-MM
- NFS
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Not For Sale
This 2019 oil portrait shows Silas McClung, the artist's grandson, dressed in a gray blazer over a white shirt against a warm, ochre-toned background. Silas chose his more traditional, formal outfit for the sitting, reflecting his thoughtful, dignified personality. By this point, McClung was in her late 80s and painting through severe macular degeneration, and the effects of her diminishing vision are visible in the looser handling of the face, the broken edges, and the more abstract, dissolved feeling of the figure. Despite those challenges, the painting carries real feeling, with Silas's steady, watchful gaze coming through clearly. It is a striking late-career work that shows McClung's determination to keep painting her family no matter what obstacles she faced.
Exhibition History
- Collections: Portraits