Restoring Light WF oil on birch panel

oil on birch panel

Her work was recently installed in large scale ad space in a Queens subway station in partnership with the NYC based art nonprofit Chashama and the Metropolitan Transit Authority

Inspired by the local animals of San Francisco

My work focuses on technique in application and dynamic color stories

In an homage to Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" I decided to depict the immaculate birth of one of my favorite recurring characters - Bat Girl

Restoring Light WF oil on birch panelWatercolor and oil on paper, mounted to board 12 x 18 in. 2025 Crystal Annette James, known professionally as Cris James, is a watercolor and oil painter whose work captures intimate moments of reflection, vulnerability, and emotional quiet. Born in Denver, Colorado and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, James now lives and works in Richmond, Virginia, where she continues to develop a practice rooted in mood, memory, and the subtle psychology of everyday