The rime of the modern mariner
JAMES DODDS is the master mariner of current British art. Sailor, builder, campaigner, printer, publisher, painter: his highly productive life has been all about the crafting of boats. His latest pictures chart a valiant solo voyage and speak to the human spirit.
Born in the Essex port of Brightlingsea in 1957, Mr Dodds has since sailed six miles up the River Colne to his berth-place of Wivenhoe. From his waterside studio, he has a vision that now transcends the planet, steering vernacular working wooden vessels from origins in Viking longships out into the realm
