Allan Tazzyman is an Englishman, a native of Yorkshire in the north of England, who moved to live on Crete in 2004. He has already acquired a considerable reputation for painting stunning watercolour landscapes in his own individual style which is distinctive and instantly recognisable.

The depth of colour and the quality of light he achieves in his work is unusual and rare in watercolour painting. Allan has quickly acquired a reputation as probably the foremost watercolour artist in Western Crete and his paintings are much sought after by both residents and visitors to the island. His works are now in almost every country of Europe and as far afield as Australia and the Far East.

It was six years ago, when our lovely cousins Stathis and Evaggelia invited me and my wife in a daily excursion in Marmari, because Stathis wanded to show as an area that, as he constantly used to say, impressed him. After a pleasant 50-minuet travel with the local boat from Rafina we arrived in Marmari, a small picturesque fish village, that only with the view of this small port with the fishing boats and the small coastal shops brings in the mind nostalgic pictures of forgotten seasons.

We followed the provincial road that leads to Karysto and after almost 3 km we turned in “Sfiridoupoli’s” destination. We droved about 500m more and we reached our destination.