Initial Research Points - Ovid's Metamorphoses - Ted Hughes translation - Tales from Ovid

 Ovid's Metamorphoses were an important reference from the beginning of this project.This Ted Hughes translation contains a selection of his tales each with a motif of transformation. They are Romanised Greek myths and legends filled and inspired by 'human passion in extremis, passion where it mutates into the supernatural'.

These organic mythic transformations have influenced me to attempt to create something that expresses transformation more intuitively. To attempt to create something as spontaneous as feeling, just to simply create in response to feelings and experience. This is in response to the way these tales express and elevate human passion to a mythic level, creating something timeless.

Here, Cyane mourning the rape of Prosperina becomes a stream of water. 

Ted Hughes - Tales from Ovid -
First Published 1997 by Faber and Faber Limited
This copy -1997