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Inspired by her adoration for nature and folk tales

Her dreamlike

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 Inspired by her adoration forWatercolor 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