Fine Art, Watercolor and Oil Paintings by Violet Dauk of New London, MN

Whimsical Daydreamin' News
April 10, 2008

I love winter, but is it Spring yet???
It seems to me I said that exact same thing in my January Newsletter, and here it is April 10th and we're in the middle of another snowstorm!!! I do enjoy snowstorms and I know the snow will be completely melted in a couple of days, but it is April 10th!

We've had a couple of fun and busy months since I last wrote my Daydreamin' News.

We completely gutted our upstairs bathroom and are remodeling it. and, We also are putting up walls in our basement. Two pretty major projects that are not finished yet, but hopefully will be soon.

We hosted a German exchange student, Tobi, for the month of March. Our son, Anthony, will be staying with Tobi's family for a month during June and July. We enjoyed his visit and he became part of the family. We sure do miss him now that he's back in Germany.

While Tobi was here we celebrated Easter, always a great holiday. Our kids had Easter break the entire week, so we went to the Twin Cities for a few days. Before heading to the Cities we went to our NL-S Boys Basketball Sectional Tournament game. They won (so much fun), so they were headed to the State Championship Basketball Tournament the following week. While in the Cities, we took the kids, (Anthony, Becca, Tobi and Becca's friend Ally) to the Water Park of America in Bloomington. It is the biggest indoor water park in the US. They had a blast.

The following week we headed down to Minneapolis for the basketball championship games at the Target Center. Our van broke down (with a load of kids) on the way there. Thankfully, we were able to leave it at a gas station and rent an other van. We arrived at the game 5 minutes before it started. What a game! We won in the very last seconds. We also won the next day, which made us the Minnesota State Champions of Section AA! Minnesota has 4 section. We are in the second smallest section - AA.

My dauther also turned 16 the beginning of April. She doesn't have her driver's license yet because she hasn't been able to take behind the wheel class. I guess a kid cracked up one of the behind the wheel cars and they are behind schedule. She'll drive soon enough - too soon!

Art News...

I have been working on photographing my wearable art pins
so I can get them on my site. You can check them out at:
http://violetdaukstudio.com/Jewelry_Gallery.html

I have also been drawing more animals. Here is a picture
of my camel. I haven't named him yet. If anyone has any
ideas, let me know.

I have started a couple of painting series. Since I'm in the
mood for spring and gardening , I decided to do a series of
porch/garden paintings. I am also doing a series of moonscape/sunset/sunrise paintings. I am working in both oils and watercolors. I will be posting images on my new blog: http://violetsartblog.blogspot.com

Looking Forward...

June 21st & 22nd is our 4th Annual Lakes Area Studio Hop. Check out our website at: http://www.studiohop.org/artist/21/artists-21-Violet-Dauk.html

I am teaching a youth drawing and a youth pottery class this summer.
I will have details in my next newsletter.

The wind is still blowing and the snow is still flying - We will have green grass the next time I write.

Violet