"Gail Rohrer is a multi-media artist whose main focus is to invite the interest of viewers into her work. Combining a keen artistic vigilence with her own particular understanding of the human psyche, she explores the world of the familiar while allowing the viewer to find his own reflections somewhere in the work. Sometimes historical innuendos are obvious as her love of the past shows through subjects or details. A graduate of Towson University and Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, the artist also studied with well-known watercolorists Alice Webb and Morris Green before moving to Jonesborough in 1997. Her illustrations have been published in Baltimore and in Washington County, TN. Her work has been shown at the Jonesborough East Gallery, Princeton Arts Gallery in Johnson City, and the Jonesborough Visitor Center. She strives for growth by exploring various media to capture moods and ideas while reflecting the ways light changes the character of everyday, commonplace forms."

To Appalachia

Saturday mornings begin at 

nine on the corner by the 

five and dime.

The streets are beginning to 

stir, and youthful mind is

set awhirl.

The old men in their faded 

over-alls are planted; as 

spiraled cedar falls from their 

sticks whittled slow, and

weekly debates begin to 

freely flow.



The gentle hills are nestled 

nigh as sleepy town yawns 

'neath waking sky.

Tradition of Appalachia reaches;

to those who listen, it teaches.

Through the eyes of age --

enhanced; the simplicity of 

life is romanced.

Within treasured, incessant 

lore linger the cherished 

days of yore.



Borne of dignity, we have  

transpired from the dreams 

of those who sired the birth 

of home in this fruitful land;

planted among hills and hollows 

we stand, as did those fathers 

of present - past.

In timeless tradition taught 

steadfast, we envision the 

rich and bountiful birth

of our youth among this

Mother Earth.