Peter Stone and myself opened a joint gallery in Bridport, Dorset where I was living called The Secret. It was a gallery, studio and also the base for Peter Stone Jewellery UK.

Back in 1999 I was in meetings with movie moguls to work on a movie of Finn McCool and was creating artwork of various scenes to illustrate the projects story outline, I had also started work on Celtic Beasts with Father Dennis O'Neil. Merlin seemed to step to one side at this time and another energy came through to guide my pen and brush. The movie eventually fell through, though disappointing at the time, it did give me more time for the book. Once the book was finished, Merlin returned. 

In 2007 I felt impressed to start work on a Shamanic Collection, even though I had no contract for its use. The Grey Wolf connection returned, its influence only lasted a few weeks while working with the art and the Shapeshifter painting would be the first in the series inspired by that time.
The arrival of this energy coincided with the reunion with an old friend Shining Bear who was a shaman. 
The completion of the group of paintings coincided with the business relationship beginning to deteriorate and the refusal to pay me royalties on the jewellery and other products. I was stunned, humiliated, and angry that this individual, already wealthy in his own right, would need to steal what little I had as well. As well as again losing control of my work.
 My initial response was to hide away. I questioned my connection to Spirit and even contemplated suicide to get back at the Universe.
It was in this low ebb that the Grey Wolf energy brought with it a grounding presence. Symbolically when a grey wolf comes into your life it is a call to pay attention to what intuition is telling you. This energy embodied renewal, yet it was a renewal presented as the stark choice of submitting to my own darkness or rising from the ashes and using this new beginning as a source of inspiration for new artwork. Rising from the ashes.
There was freedom in this. The freedom of making my own choices and setting my own direction without being tied to someone else’s financial apron strings. Grey Wolf loves freedom and as a creative person this is vital to my ability to fully express myself. Yes, I had been financially comfortable. But my art was being stifled and directed by financial gain rather than by my heart. The Grey Wolf energy never spoke to me. And in that short time, it was with me I wasn’t called to explore the back story. Its powerful presence was enough.
The series of six paintings from that period reflect my inner struggle with feelings of anger and self-pity. Within my dedication to Spirit, how could this have happened?
How could I be treated so badly? Creating this new series under the guidance of Grey Wolf helped me recognise that the bitterness and pain I was experiencing were largely products of my own thinking. I was creating a story around these events that were a distortion of what really occurred. Within this, there was the strong sense of dissolution that I constantly struggled to keep at bay. Had I had eyes to see more clearly, what I was sensing was the pending dissolution of myself.
During this time a friend gave me a copy of the film Law of Attraction. It wasn’t so much the content of the film but the enthusiastic energy of it that served to re-ignite my passion. As the Grey Wolf energy stepped away, the ground was fertile for the return of the Merlin energy.
My former business partner still sells my art successfully around the world and without sending me any recompense. But I now see that situation with new eyes for the lessons learned and I am stronger because of it.