2012 looks like it’s going to be as interesting and volatile as 2011, but for me it’s really going to be different, in exactly one week I leave London for good for a new life in the south of France. Already boxed and bagged my London life ready to ship and already saying au revoir! to friends and colleagues. It’s so easy to take friendships for granted when you have access to them whenever you like, but close to leaving, I am reflecting and realise what amazing friends and relationships i do have with the people i care about, they can’t be bought or ego massaged.. there is an element of unconditional understanding, tolerance, forgiveness, love and laughter.. A history together! long term friendships grow without knowing it and then when they are not on tap 24/7 the importance of them kicks in.. I’m very lucky to have such strong and valuable friendships and I guess with this in mind no distance on the planet is going to change that.. I look forward to summer visits

I’ve been quiet for a few months as it’s time to deconstuct my old life, pack it in boxes for a year or two and get ready for a new life in europe, Plans for House Futur Fusion in the south of France are gaining momentum. New life, new ideas, new creative inspirations, its always very exciting to initiate change in one’s life, but this will be the biggest yet. I believe that if you want to realize grander ambitions, then of course you have to take bigger risks.. I’ve tried this before but with little success, not easy to be an artist who makes art isn’t exactly commercial, but in the end i love what i do and it feels right, so wouldn’t change what i do it for anything else.

Just when you think you’re on a set path and things flow from one situation to another.. CRASH! a metaphorical meteorite hits and everything changes. we go next month to look at some derelict barns and land in south of France, hopefully to find the perfect place to realise a dream of building a unique living space. Let’s be honest if I wait any longer to do it in London it’s never going to happen unless I win on the lottery. So a huge change in lifestyle, culture and language as we plan and are getting ready to relocate in march 2012.

I can’t wait! and really looking forward to getting my teeth in to a big project which is all our own, an artist retreat and gallery guesthouse in ultra modern style. Definitely a new chapter in our lives, and a new direction in being creative i think.. Watch this space!

I’ve spent the last few days recharging my batteries after an exhausting few months building and launching Futur Fusion, which was a huge success. i feel very proud of my colleagues and friends and what we achieved. Reviews coming online pronto.

Simon Bevis, a very talented videographer documented the event and really captured the vibe of FF which can be seen at  www.vimeo.com/25309432

And today Maxim from Prodigy came to our pad to collect the sculpture he bought, who is planning his own exhibition of his work in September, he does some very cool and detailed paintings of butterflies with samurai swords and hacking up insects mid flight, some very detailed layers and sub stories in his art (look out for his expo at I.N.C Space, Covent Garden) He’s a cool guy and very clued up, and like me wants to do the expo his way so very hands on.. great respect, as it’s not the easy road to go down.. but definitely the most satisfying check out his work at  www.mm-gallery.com

I absolutely need to chill the f*kc out now and get some rest, and ready to tackle the next leg of journey

Well, after months of planning, building, sweat, tears, tantrums and some truly amazing support from friends, we are on the last hurdle and bringing to fruition what was a great idea, but is now stunning physical reality. We are very proud of what we have been able to achieve with Futur Fusion. It’s an honest exhibition of hard work, love and determination on very limited finances, we pulled off an accomplished big show which we will install tomorrow and then it opens on Monday for a week. Then i guess we will see if people like it or not.. i hope so, either way we did what we could and is an amazing and enlightening experience no matter what.. bring it on!!

Like most artists,  I’m better creating things than I am organising them. I’m not a big fan of admin, but realise it makes society run more smoothly.. it just bores the pants off me. So very happy that I have a few days of uninterrupted time working on my sculptures for the exhibition. I adapted the ability to switch my art head on and off at will early on in life.. and grateful that i’ve had lots of practice as it’s a remarkable skill to have, which can be applied of course to other situations too.

I’m working on the DNA Helix robots, a 2.5m high piece that’s a bit of a beast but fun and looking forward to getting to know them like an intimate lover, I feel very connected to the pieces while i’m working on them, not in any  sexual way of course, but definitely sensual as i’m only human, working with the human form and being in a creative space does that to a mind, difficult to separate real and unreal in that magical head space that nearly all artist love so much while doing something new

Well we survived another Rapture, i’m still here and looks like god doesn’t want me.. or his followers unfortunately. I wait with anticipation for next years armageddon when the Mayan calendar stops, then i guess we’ll wait for another revelation from some fruitcake god squad amateur mathematician to get it wrong so we can all laugh at his miscalculations. Until then we carry on scrabbling in the dirt like talking monkeys wearing Gucci and AK 47′s, until we do actually see some light, revelation, heightened state of consciousness, or just good old fashioned Evolution.. my bets on the last one

This week has started with a bang, working like crazy on new pieces for the Futur Fusion expo, and working out again, with a bit of aerial training on the strops to get myself back in to fitness. Hoping to put together a PR team and have the first draft of the soundscape which will compliment the exhibition. Things are coming together slowly but feel there is movement, and of course I keep changing my mind about what pieces I want to make, ahh! So confused as all this energy is spiking out of me and have to find some way to channel it productively.. Some meditation is in order after training me thinks

We have a confirmation date of 13th June to 17th June for the exhibition so the next two months is going to get very frenetic around our place. I’m very excited and full of creative buzz.. The future is here and it’s landing on Covent Garden in June.
I’m going to have to pull a few miracles out of the bag but this has been in the planning for nearly three years, and now the opportunity to showcase what my art is about, and for people to see what’s going on in a very creative London

I’m up to my neck in robots and androids.. My kind of heaven. Rebuilt my studio and storage space and found loads of cool bits of engines and mechanical components which was very inspiring to recycle as robot body parts.. Am feeling a bit like Dr frankendroid, especially now I’ve been working on the animated androids for the exhibition.

Spring cleaned the unit, sorting out life, full of ideas and creative energy, all I need now is to earn some money and life could be getting interesting.. Bring on the summer