Land scape Special Edition CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW the colours in that environment where changes in weather, the tides, and coastal features change markedly on the journey along the path, or in the bridge series as the land use and the colours of the bridges change, they also influence other aspects in my palette. At the start there are many other variables to influence the colours I choose, not just the scene. I lay out the colours I might want to contrast or combine certain ones to create an effect or choose a colour that I feel is useful to an idea, or even a colour that I haven’t used for a while. But generally, I use the primary and secondary colours, and blacks and whites added neat in contrasting oil and acrylic applications to form effects as they `mix’ together on the canvas. This is much like the impact of weather on the land, water and sky that I try to represent. Like the weather and the seasons, I change my palette, and sometimes the method of the way I work with an initial vision of how I feel about the location in the drawing or photo. My psychological state is important because I live and have a studio in London which is sometimes stressful, yet it is quite therapeutic on my walks, so I find I like to often express that contrast. Other factors in my life or the music I happen to be listening to can also affect the process at the initial stage. I often want to try out a new material or method of creating effects, as you can see in the Fulham Railway Bridge painting where I ground up oil pastels which I then mixed with some turps for the section of beach that ran along the river at low tide. Sometimes importantly the amount of paint