The Master of the Welsh Tides James Harris Senior (1810 – 1887) stands as a profound figure in the annals of Victorian maritime art, a painter whose brush captured not merely the surface of the ocean, but its very soul. Born in the coastal atmosphere of Llanelly, Glamorgan, around 1810, Harris was a child of the sea. His early life was deeply intertwined with the maritime traditions of Wales; with a father involved in the rugged industry of shipbuilding, the sounds of hammers on hulls and the sight of masts against the horizon were his first teachers. This intimate connection to seafaring li…