Meet Our Board

President    
Bridget Hanley

Vice President 
Thomas Kinney 

     Bridget Hanley is a lifelong artist, as well as a retired horse trainer who had her own farm.
     She paints in a variety of media and also is a calligrapher. She is one of Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon's popular teachers. 
     Bridget also runs a picture-framing business from her studio alongside Lake Rousseau. 
     She has her own website: www.bridgethanleystudio.com and is on Facebook and Instagram.

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Secretary
Marily-Anne Pletcher

 

​     Marily-Anne Pletcher is a lifelong artist who especially enjoys watercolor. 
     She has spent several years at or on the sea and enjoys painting nature landscapes, the sea, lighthouses, birds, and animals. 
   

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     Thomas Kinney is an accomplished sculptor and master woodcarver. He lives in the Ocala area. He is known for his relief carvings of buildings, action scenes, and landscapes.
      He does architectural carving for doors, mantels, and ornamental panels. He also does busts, figures, canes, decoys, shore birds, and other wildlife.
     At Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon, Tom teaches sculpture and woodcarving. 

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Treasurer
Donna Josephson

​  During her travels around the world, Donna Josephson was inspired by the beautiful stained glass windows she saw. 
     She teaches stained glass classes at Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon, including design classes, for beginners to advanced students.
     She also teaches at Master the Possibilities in Ocala. Her work has been displayed at the Brick City Center for the Arts in Ocala and also can be seen at our gallery. She is a member of the Marion Cultural Alliance. Her website is:  www.stainedglassbydonna.com.

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Past President Advisor
​Lynda Ryan

    Lynda Ryan fashions silver- or gold-wire-wrapped jewelry out of semi-precious stones.
      The former corporate trainer and elementary school teacher, who holds a B.S. in Information Systems, teaches jewelry-making/wire sculpture classes at Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon.
​     Her necklaces can be seen at our gallery, as well as at galleries in Floral City, Ocala, and Gainesville.

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Community Advisor
Walter McLellan

     Walt McLellan graduated from the University of Michigan, then served two years in the Army at Fort Meyer, Va., and was assigned to the President's Honor Guard. He served at President Kennedy's funeral.
      Walt retired from a career in marketing/advertising in 2002 and moved with "the love of his life," Jan,  to Rainbow Springs in 2004. 
      The couple started the Rainbow Springs Villager in 2010 and profiled 25 artists during the first three years. The McLellans asked the artists if they'd like to have a festival and they said, "Yes."
     Soon, Dunnellon Councilman Chuck Dillon contacted the group and said he wanted to open an art gallery. The city had just the building -- the former Dunnellon City Library. Both a gallery opened and a festival was held and Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon came to be.

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Director of Education
Meredith McCartan

     Meredith McCartan began weaving about 15 years ago, while working as a cardiac catheterization tech, registered in radiography and invasive cardiology. 
     At first, she taught a Basic Basketry class at her church. She became president of the Tampa Bay Basketmakers Guild before moving to Citrus County in 2016. 
     She also is a member of the Nature Coast Basket Makers Guild. 
    Her work is displayed at our gallery.

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Director
of Communications
Margo Wilson

     Margo Wilson is the author of the novel, The Main Ingredient, a story about family, friends ... and lake perch.
     She was a newspaper reporter and editor and a university professor of journalism, English, and creative writing.
     She freelances for the Citrus County Chronicle and is working on a play with music about a singer/songwriter who just won't take "No" for an answer. 
     She teaches writing classes at Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon.

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