Aftermath I, oil on canvas, 30x30in. (2003)
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On display September 11, 2024 - January 12, 2025
Open Wednesday – Sunday
11 AM – 4 PM CST
Accessibility
This exhibit is located throughout the Museum, however most artwork can be found on the first floor and is wheelchair accessible. An album with images of the installations on the second floor is available for those who are mobility impaired.
Cassandra James Retrospective
An Exhibition of Work by Beloved Painter
Cassandra Anne James
on display at the Neill-Cochran House mUseum
September 11, 2024 - January 12, 2025
The Neill-Cochran House Museum is honored to present a retrospective exhibition of the work of the Austin-based and nationally acclaimed landscape painter Cassandra James (1947 - 2012). Over five decades, James developed a unique painterly style embedded in the principles of European Renaissance paint layering. This exhibition will for the first time in over a decade bring together work that remains in the collection of the artist’s family and friends, including sketchbooks that illuminate her practice.
James spent time on both coasts – California and Florida – when she was not in Texas, and her work reminds us that we are all connected to one another and to the earth that is our home through the element of landscape that is most universal: the sky. She wrote that more than place, it is the sky that has become the dominant, compelling visual element in my work.
Join us in this celebration of the power of artistic expression and of the environment that James championed in life through her work.
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selected images
About cassandra james
Cassandra Anne James (1947-2012) carried with her throughout life a love of Texas. Born and raised in Fort Worth, she also lived in Abilene and Austin, and credited her mature style to inspiration from a trip to the Davis Mountains in West Texas in 1988. James’ work can be found in many public and private collections around the United States, including the Art Museum of South Texas, Mercedes Benz, Motorola Corporation, IBM, USAA Bank, and McDonald’s Corporation.
Cassandra James held a BFA and MFA from The University of Texas at Austin Department of Art, taught at Mills College (CA), the Ringling School of Art and Design (FL), and at Laguna Gloria in Austin for many years. She exhibited around the country, including in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Santa Fe, Sarasota, Tampa, Chicago, and New York.
sponsored by:
Debbie and Jim Alsup – Opening Reception Sponsor
Laurel and Bill Daniel – Gallery Sponsor
Courtney DiSabato
Ginger Geyer
Becky Jolin
Jane Louis
Leslie McConnico
Karen Pope
Judith Sims
Erin Tassoulas