Skully has been represented by PSG since he graduated from MIAD in 2012. He is a painter who has also been consistently and emphatically making drawings over the past few years. 

When he turned 30 in 2019, Skully (with his partner Erik Moore) took his first trip to Europe at the invitation of an art residency program in France. The Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Fund provided a grant to cover transportation costs. The culminating exhibition, curated by Sæter Jørgensen Contemporary in the town of Gaillac, featured a wall-sized installation of drawings, some of which are included here. 

When I think of Skully's work I think of someone who rolls up his sleeves and dives into the media. Imagine the blank page like a swimming pool with the paint, graphite or oil pastel sticks his means of navigating that space. Sometimes the marks float on the surface, sometimes they thrash around, sometimes they merely ripple in the breeze. While his style is expressive and playful, it also shows mature control. He lets accidents and improvisational gestures take command but then reins them in once he sees what is materializing. Most of all what I love about Skully's work is its freshness. Every drawing feels like a new discovery, as if it landed somewhere a little out of any normal orbit. And there is joy in all of this.