AUSTIN ALLEN JAMES, MFA, MBA
Lawrence & Crane Decorative and Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Painter, Poet, Professor & Gallery Owner
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Austin Allen James is a rare and refreshing combination of highly skilled artist and consummate professional. His broad scope of work ranges from subdued watery landscapes and mixed media paintings to energetic and colorful abstracts and collages.
A Gulf Coast painter and founder of Lawrence & Crane Decorative and Fine Art of Houston, Texas, Austin is widely recognized for his highly developed style, which expounds on 20th century abstractionism. His mediums include crushed pigments, acrylic paint, resins, and mixed media including crystalline rock. Whether large or small, his paintings have a refined organic quality that glow with an ethereal light. His signature resin clear coat offers a glassy surface for the viewer to experience each piece through a “looking glass.”
Austin summarizes his work best: “I love color, movement and lyricism in my art. My art is Diaphanous and ghostly, allowing for spheres of meditation. Each piece mimics ‘motion standing in place.’”
When not in the studio, Austin expands his legacy in the classroom, serving as an English professor at Texas State University, and at home with his daughter and son, for whom he named his business.
Austin is currently promoting his first full-length collection of poetry, “Brackish Water,” a playful and surreal exploration of artmaking in his own salty and subterranean language. A limited number of autographed copies are due for release on October 3, 2014, and can be pre-ordered from Moss Manor.
We especially love Austin’s dreamy modern landscape paintings. With a subtle color palette and glowing metallic highlights, each unique artwork brings a tranquil and meditative energy to it’s audience. Whether subdued or saturated with color, Austin’s work easily becomes the foundation of a well appointed roomscape.
The Austin Allen James signature series on Moss Manor offers some of our favorite pieces, available for commission. Explore the collection and learn more about the artist in our exclusive video interview!
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