Abbey Crain is an award-winning writer and artist based in Alabama. She has more than a decade of experience in traditional journalism reporting on women and gender issues in the Deep South.

She began painting nude portraits in 2020 as a creative outlet to alchemize the pain left in the wake of the crumbling precedent of bodily autonomy and bring attention to the holiness of the people ignored by “pro-life” legislation.

Her reporting has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Them, AL.com and Reckon where she was recognized with a National Headliner Award for her coverage of women affected by Alabama’s abortion ban.

She has painted more than 100 nude portraits of mostly southerners through her “Send Noods” project.