the sound of red

<p>Brenda Saunders is an artist and writer of Aboriginal and British descent. She has read in several poetry events with the Sydney Writers’ Festival and is a member of DiVerse poets who present their ekphrastic poetry at public art exhibitions in Sydney. Brenda was awarded the 2012 Varuna Dorothy Hewett Poetry Fellowship and in 2013 a CAMAC Fellowship to work in France.</p><p>‘Rich with insight and sensuous music <em>the sound of red</em> radiates real power and authority.’ – Deb Westbury</p><p>‘The strength of Brenda Saunders’ work is her ability to place you absolutely at a point of seeing. Beyond ekphrastic these poems describe the palette of being in exceptional ways. Herself a fine artist Saunders creates small poetic masterpieces which respond tautly to place the train wreck of life and art.’ – Anna Kerdijk Nicholson</p>