A love of art and West Virginia’s beautiful natural scenery have merged to find expression in Sally Rowe's distinct style of watercolor quilts.

She arranges simple shapes of fabric to create complex landscape designs in a wash of color. The quilts are embellished and quilted by hand in the traditional manner or are completed with innovative hand-guided machine stitchery.

"During my past 8 years of quiltmaking, the West Virginia mountains and woodlands have inspired a series of quilts depicting the natural beauty of the scenery and the people of Appalachia. This work represents the center of the downtown where I live and the heart of many small towns nestled in these mountains. The idealized and feel-good color scheme represents the joy and simplicity of life here, where the mountains that isolate also protect and inspire." - Sally Rowe