The Master of the Welsh Tides: The Life and Legacy of James Harris Senior To gaze upon the canvases of James Harris Senior is to feel the salt spray of the Bristol Channel and hear the rhythmic, heavy pulse of the Atlantic. Born in the coastal enclave of Llanelly, Glamorn, around 1810, Harris was a true child of the sea. His early years were steeped in the industrious maritime atmosphere of Wales, where the sounds of shipbuilding—the rhythmic striking of hammers against hulls and the creaking of timber—served as his first introduction to the majesty of nautical life. With a father deeply emb…