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Places remembered in watercolour

A painted atlas
of light and place.

Original travel-inspired watercolours by John Crosland, tracing the sun-warmed streets, coastlines and quiet corners of the Mediterranean and beyond.

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Matera, Italy, watercolour by John CroslandMatera, Italy · 2026

Cambridge · Cyprus · Everywhere between

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Where would you like
to return to?

Explore the Atlas by place. Each collection brings together John's paintings and stories inspired by a particular landscape, town or journey.

A Puglian trullo among poppies, representing the Puglia watercolour collectionRegional collectionPugliaWhite towns, ancient streets, olive groves and Adriatic harbours. Explore the paintings inspired by John's travels through southern Italy.Explore the Puglia collection →

Destinations within the Atlas

Matera remembered in watercolour by John CroslandMateraBasilicataExplore Matera →Monopoli remembered in watercolour by John CroslandMonopoliPugliaExplore Monopoli →Ostuni remembered in watercolour by John CroslandOstuniPugliaExplore Ostuni →Alberobello remembered in watercolour by John CroslandAlberobelloPugliaExplore Alberobello →
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Minervino Tower near Santa Cesarea Terme in Puglia, painted in watercolour by John Crosland

The idea behind the Atlas

More than a picture
of a place

Harbours, old streets, sunlit stone and landscapes encountered while travelling become original watercolours, and part of a growing atlas of place.

“I’m not trying to describe every brick. I’m trying to keep hold of how the place felt.”

John Crosland

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Fine-art prints, made to order

Choose your painting,
made to order.

Each work is reproduced as a fine-art giclée print on Editions Etching Cotton Rag 315gsm, with the choices made only after you have found your painting.

  1. 01

    Choose your painting

    Browse the Atlas and find the work that means something to you.

  2. 02

    Choose your size

    Select from the sizes available for that artwork.

  3. 03

    Choose your presentation

    Choose print only, mounted, or mounted and professionally framed.

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Fine-art prints for home

Bring the
journey home.

Art for rooms that mean something, from places that mean something.

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Porto di Monopoli shown as a framed Watercolour Atlas fine-art print

The Journal

Stories from
the Atlas

The places behind the paintings, seen slowly and remembered in watercolour.

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