Brenda Saunders

Sound of Red Brenda Saunders

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.

'Rich with insight and sensuous music, the sound of red radiates real power and authority.' - Deb Westbury

'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