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We are delighted to welcome back James Dodds for at solo exhibition in he barn gallery. Inspired by small boats from the South West, James Dodds masterfully represents this subject in both paintings and limited edition linocut prints. His paintings go beyond retracing the shipwright’s logic.
James Dodds. Once a shipwright, Dodds’ paintings illustrate the anatomy of boats, revealing the materials and curves that underwrite the finished vessel, this aspect of his work is explored in Emily Harris’ film for Classic Yacht TV, ‘Shaped by the Sea’, which draws many parallels between the art of the boat builder and the painter of ...
Messums is delighted to announce the forthcoming solo shows of long represented artist, James Dodds. Dodds began his artistic career at Chelsea School of Art before going on to the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1984.
Born in Brightlingsea, Dodds has built his studio a few miles upstream in Wivenhoe, in what was once a great boatyard on the River Colne. Before enrolling in the Royal College of Art he worked as a shipwright, rebuilding Thames barges on Britain’s east coast.
James Dodds (born 1957) is an East Anglian artist whose practice centers on painting, linocut and relief carving. Born in Brightlingsea, Essex, he now lives and works in Wivenhoe producing prints and books as the Jardine Press. He is the son of East Anglian artist Andrew Dodds and has been described as "boatbuilding’s artist laureate".
The Work of Human Hand. 2 – 23 December. Plan visit Pre-order catalogue. Messums is delighted to announce the forthcoming solo shows of long represented artist, James Dodds, he began his artistic career at Chelsea School of Art before going on to the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1984.
Messums is delighted to announce the forthcoming solo shows of long represented artist, James Dodds. Dodds began his artistic career at Chelsea School of Art before going on to the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1984.
