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SW 73rd Loop, Dunnellon, Florida.

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If you have ever gone tubing down the gently meandering Rainbow River in Dunnellon, Florida, you have undoubtedly slipped into a meditative state induced by some soothing magic that remains a mystery even to those who have been refreshed by her waters all of their lives. That meditative state is familiar to the locals and a surprise to visitors who may have been reluctant to go tubing for fear of the unknown (or the alligators). And it is that meditative state that I have attempted to express in this painting.

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The Marion County Sheriff's Office is facing heavy scrutiny after a deputy violated a man's rights as he was filming a crash scene. After nearly a month, the video was finally released by MCSO. This comes just weeks after the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled on August 4, 2021, that every

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SW 73rd Loop, Dunnellon, Florida.

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This is the Rainbow River in Dunnellon, Florida.

I have an intimate relationship with the Rainbow River. We go back a long way.

Early in my life my family would travel from New York to see my grandparents and they would often take us swimming at a place called The KP Hole on the Rainbow River.

When we moved to Dunnellon in ‘72, I worked at Rainbow Springs at the headwaters during my senior year in high school.

I have swam in this river hundreds of times (if not more). I have gone tubing, canoeing, and even plein air painting here.

When I was young I would bring my acoustic guitar to the river’s edge, sit cross legged on the shore, and play.

I was still 17 years old. A lady from a local church heard me playing and invited me to play for her Christian Teen Group that Friday evening. It was a camping retreat on the river’s edge.

I didn’t realize until I got there that it was an all girl group.

They lit a campfire, cooked hot dogs on sticks, and asked me to play and sing for them. I don’t think the songs mattered. I probably played Beatles stuff and maybe some Cat Stevens.

The sun was almost down when I overheard one of the girls softly saying to another girl, “If Larry wasn’t here we could go skinny dipping.”

I may have been singing “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” but I could still hear her. I didn’t miss a beat but I will confess that I still think of that moment every time I am near the Rainbow River.

I have so many memories from the Rainbow River.

But, just one more.

I was asked to write a song for the Queen Of The Rainbow beauty pageant. In the lyric to the song, I chose to elevate the position of “Queen” to more than a pretty face. I wanted the song to be a call to protect the river and the chosen “Queen” to be an ambassador for responsible stewardship of the land.

Call me a tree hugger!

Part of the lyric reads, “Dunnellon, protect her. Her gift is in your hands. The life of the Rainbow is the life of your land.”

Here is a link to the song with video footage of the river: https://youtu.be/KnIBR7hmFg0

The painting is in pointillism using the dry brush on Procreate.

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