often requiring over a hundred hours of dedication and intimacy with each piece
She has been included in many museum exhibitions
Oil on watercolor paper
Each piece sold separately
children’s book illustrations
Restoring Light Kassie McMahon often requiring over a hundredWatercolor 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