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What happens when a drummer’s sense of timing becomes the heartbeat of a visual style? Jeff Skomsky paints “rhythm of color on canvas,” and that phrase anchors a story that moves from bedroom sketches to city murals without losing the pulse of daily practice. A cosmic palette, clean linework, and a habit of finishing what he starts turned an outlet into a livelihood—helped by a perfectly timed fortune cookie and a wife who said, “Go for it.”

We trace the arc from his first mural—booked on a cold call—to commissions across Washington County, a feature on TMJ4, and a major Parks & Rec piece for the West Bend library. Jeff opens up about learning the craft the hard way: sanding rough fence boards, getting the water-to-acrylic ratio right, swapping markers for brushes to deepen color, and structuring work so nothing idles while paint dries. He talks candidly about quitting drinking, finding clarity in faith and prayer, and why generosity speeds up momentum: donate the animal graphics, live-paint the festival, teach the kids class, and your art travels further than any one sale.

There’s more. Jeff designed a skateboard deck for a Milwaukee brand and dreams of sponsoring local riders when the new park opens. He and author Krista Young built a children’s book on canvas—A to Z poems that shift from dawn to dusk with a mischievous mantis tucked in the margins—aiming for Barnes & Noble and Amazon distribution. The next concept scales from microbes to the cosmos, a perfect match for his “think big, give bigger” brain.

Then the conversation takes a delicious turn into morel foraging. Jeff breaks down ground temps, tree cues, slope exposure, and tick safety with the same enthusiasm he brings to color theory. The throughline is unmistakable: show up daily, trust the middle, and let your energy attract the next wall, canvas, or kid who needs a nudge.

If creative courage, community murals, and practical craft talk fire you up, you’ll feel at home here. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs a push to start, and leave a review telling us the one leap you’re ready to take.

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