Life After Life is an ongoing body of work centered on a recurring skeletal figure, Skully Jones, used as a stand-in for the human condition. The skeleton is not about death. It represents what remains when titles, status, and social armor fall away.

Each piece places the figure within familiar environments and shared cultural spaces, often rooted in real locations. By removing individual identity, the work invites viewers to project themselves into the scene and consider presence, belonging, and the systems that shape everyday life. Humor and restraint sit alongside quiet tension, allowing moments of connection, release, and reflection to surface without explanation.

Working primarily in watercolor, pencil, and ink on hot-pressed paper, the process emphasizes precision within an unforgiving medium. Decisions are permanent, and control must coexist with risk. This mirrors the themes of the work itself, where clarity is earned through attention rather than polish.

Life After Life explores what it means to live honestly after old definitions of success no longer apply. The series is less about escape than arrival—showing what’s possible when identity is stripped down to its most essential form and allowed to move freely through the world.

Turn yourself, your partner, your family, or your dog into a Skully Jones character. These commissioned pieces place you in skeleton form in any setting you choose—your home, your favorite Colorado location, your wedding day, your daily life.

The skeleton isn't morbid. It's honest. Strip away everything performative and what remains is presence, connection, and the moments that actually matter. These portraits capture who you are when pretense falls away.

Send me your photo and tell me your setting. I'll create a custom watercolor painting (9x12" or larger) featuring you as a skeleton character in the scene that matters to you. Maybe it's your front porch with your dog. Maybe it's you and your partner at Red Rocks where you got engaged. Maybe it's your family at the kitchen table. Maybe it's you doing what you love—climbing, skiing, working in your garden.

Each commission is hand-painted in watercolor, pencil, and ink on hot-pressed paper. Same style as the "Life After Life" series. Same attention to detail. Same authentic approach.

Custom skeleton portraits start at $500 for 9x12" (individuals or couples). Larger sizes and complex scenes available. Contact for quote.

These pieces make powerful gifts—weddings, anniversaries, memorials, celebrations of transformation. They're for people who want art that's actually about them, not a generic landscape. Art that tells the truth about what matters.

Turnaround: 4-6 weeks from photo approval to completed painting.

Become part of the Skully Jones world. Commission a custom watercolor portrait featuring you, your partner, your family, or your pets as skeleton characters in any setting you choose.

These aren't morbid—they're honest. Strip away performance and what remains is presence, connection, and the moments that matter. Your front porch. Your wedding day. Your favorite Colorado spot. Your daily life.

Hand-painted in watercolor, pencil, and ink. Same style as the "Life After Life" series. Starting at $500 for 9x12".

Perfect for weddings, anniversaries, memorials, or celebrating transformation. Art that's actually about you.

Contact to commission your piece.