Wonder Twins: Activate!!!

 Introducing Identical Twinsies

Evelyn and Gretchen

Huge Taylor Swift fans

Hand-Drawn on April 2, 2024 using watercolor paper, crayons, chalkboard markers, watercolor paints, colored pencils by Amy Susan Petrik, Sioux Falls, SD.

This is a 9 inch by 12 inch painting.

Meet Miss Etta

 

This is Miss Etta.

Amazing human walking amongst us. Saw her walking to and from "somewhere," daily in front of the building I work at on Phillips in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She has a super groovy vibe about her and when you see someone like that, I really want to meet them. The other day, I spent my lunch hour at my favorite store in Sioux Falls: Zandbroz Variety. Literally walked into the store and there she was in all her glory. I am almost positive, I freaked her out by gushing. But she agreed to letting me draw/paint her liking. And... she loved my creation. 

Here is an awesome Human Kindness Tip: You see someone with a certain groove about them, men or women or a doggo or a fascinating kid... Tell them. People do not compliment others at all. Ever. Life is so short and so many people wander around about life... and it's easy and simple to pay a sincere compliment to any one/thing breathing on Planet Earth.

The Harvey - Davis Chronicles

 Meet the Siblings: Harvey and Davis

9" x 12" whimsical watercolor art

by Amy Susan Petrik, Sioux Falls Artists, South Dakota 

Trumpeting Jake

Jake. My 10-year-old trumpet-playing next-door neighbor... 

We have been neighbors for 11 months. Quirky kid but me too. 

Drawn March 27, 2024. 9"x12" watercolor art by Amy Susan Petrik.

Genuine Humans Exist

 

Another human I have had contact with within the past 365 days.... And no, his eyeballs are not really crossed. I tell my brain to draw normal and this is the end result of what my right hand decided upon. Also an 8 inch by 10 inch original hand drawn with a Sharpie and a mixture of colored pencils, markers, and watercolor paints on watercolor paper. And i am the artist who performed this magic on March 21, 2024.

Bookmarkers Were Once a Thing I Did

Once upon a time when I lived in Yankton, South Dakota....

I created a lot of bookmakers for children...

Never made a profit. 

They took forever to hand-draw and hand-paint each one. 

The darling little humans loved them... as I also laminated each one, and added a nice ribbon... each one was fine-tuned just for that child. 

Also, I discontinued these rather quickly.

 A lot of work and no one wanted to pay the labor of tackling each one individuality. 

Everyone wanted "discounts." 

Hard to work for yourself, wanting to spread cheer far and wide, when parents complain about the price of a talent you were blessed with. 

 

Be the Light for All to See

 This was an 8 in by 10 in watercolor painting 

for a young lady named Avery. 

She is a freshman at Harrisburg (SD) High School.

Her mom said she is the 

Traveling Volleyball Team's "Cheerleader" along

with being a great volley player. 

Updated Studio

My ADHD gave me the GREEN LIGHT GO to finally put together my new & improved art "studio" area. I added thrift finds to add appeal and function to said artistic space to make my magic. Before tonight, piles of markers and watercolor paper sat untouched, unloved since mid-summer. It wasn't a priority until this evening at 8PM CST. 

Ace & Archer

THROWBACK FROM 2021: A fellow PAR at the Sanford Clinic where I worked, asked to have her two cats be drawn together. 

Roller Dollz Wanna-Be

THROWBACK TO 2020: A lovely cohort named Cansas worked in the Lab at the clinic I worked at in Sioux Falls South Dakota. On the side, when she was not taking care of her children, she trained to be a Roller Dollz, a roller derby group here in the largest city in South Dakota.

Sanford Employee's Grandchild

While working at Sanford Clinic and Acute Care from 2020 to 2022, I also did special drawings for all of my coworkers for "anything they wished."

I drew a custom painting for an Acute Care RN's granddaughter and the family pet, Brutus.

Sanford Health Clinic Fun

From 2020 to 2022, I was a Patient Access Representative for a large Sanford Clinic and Acute Care in Sioux Falls, SD. I was asked to decorate the staff break room to raise morale during those two looooong COVID years. It was so much fun designing people's birthdays and anniversary dates and all the extras I did for everyone. Here is an example I drew for my own birthday for July 2020.

Helpline Center 211 Motivation

I worked at the Helpline Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for a short time frame in 2019.

I made this 16"x 24" watercolor painting for the phone room that I worked in and to keep my fellow coworkers motivated with their own personalized illustrations of themselves as well. 

Designing a Calendar...

My Bombdiggity Elephant was featured in my last printed calendar for the year 2021.

Here is the "just freshly drawn" subject matter before I added the primary watercolor paints. I am going to attempt to make a 2025 calendar to sell this Fall. 

Cheryl - Conlin Furniture Store

 I popped into a local furniture store in Sioux Falls, SD due to their clearance sale ... and I was greeted by a sales lady named Cheryl. As we were walking around the store, she asked if I used to work at a former company I had worked at. After a few more tidbits thrown in, she and I had met in 2016. We were coworkers. She was an amazing salesperson and I left with a much wanted purchase. I returned the next day to give her this hand-drawn, hand-painted watercolor painting for her to remember me, all these years later... and for my way, of saying "Thank You," for the deal she gave me. 

This was an 8"x10" watercolor painting created in late Fall 2023.

All Rights Reserved.

Bon Homme County Farm Family

 Watercolor painting of a Bon Homme County farm family of eight. 

Commissioned in Autumn 2023.

Meet the Hunhoff's

This is an 11x14" watercolor original painting. 

Finished and Framed.

Happy 1st Birthday Waylon

 This is a 9"x12" watercolor painting for 

a little boy named Waylon Richard in Minnesota.

All Rights Reserved 2021.

Spreading Sunshine

 This is a 9"x12" watercolor painting.
Created on March 23, 2021

Meet Jozie

 This is a 9"x12" watercolor painting.
Created on March 18, 2021