Artwork inspired by adventure & trail running

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Running for miles and miles through the woods cracks your heart open and lets light in. Have you ever spent all day out in the woods? Have you watched a sunrise, summited a mountaintop, closed your eyes and listened to the wind in the trees? Abigail West creates work about that openhearted feeling, that connection to place and nature.

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Abigail is a printmaker, metalworker, scavenger & ultrarunner. Her current body of work is inspired by adventures in the woods and the experience of long days in the mountains. 

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She regularly calls upon her background experimenting with unusual reclaimed materials and working professionally in waste reduction for local government to create work that prioritizes sustainability.

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Originally from Oklahoma by way of North Florida, Abigail now lives and works in Athens, Georgia. She and her husband, fellow artist Michael Ross, are rebuilding a 110+ year old house where they will live and have their studios. Abigail is a competitive trail & ultramarathon runner, and draws inspiration from and sustains her life force through frequent visits to the enchanted North Georgia mountains.