Alabama State Artwork

Why this Alabama artwork features a cave waterfall

While many associate Alabama with rolling pines and southern plains, northern Alabama is renowned for its remarkable subterranean karst topography, vast cave systems, and underground waterfalls. This artwork is inspired by Jackson County's famous Stephens Gap Cave, where sunlight filtering through a massive natural sinkhole illuminates lush green mosses and limestone rock ledges — capturing a hidden wilderness tucked inside Alabama's geographical outline.