The Pre-Raphaelites frequently looked to poetry for inspiration, just as contemporary poets today often search visual art for ideas, images, or triggers. The Pre-Raphaelites, rich in imagery and metaphor, created paintings which can themselves be read as poems – and none more so than Evelyn De Morgan.

In this talk Ellora Sutton will discuss how she has been inspired by the work of the Pre-Raphaelites – specifically Evelyn De Morgan, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Joanna Boyce Wells – and the exciting possibilities of viewing poetry and painting as sister-forms.

Ellora Sutton, she/her, is a poet from Hampshire, UK. Her poetry has been published by Poetry Review, Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal, Interpreter’s House, and Poetry News, amongst others. She has won the Mslexia Poetry Competition, the Pre-Raphaelite Society Poetry Competition, and the Artlyst Art to Poetry Award. She has been the Poet-in-Residence at Jane Austen’s House, and now works there as Creative Engagement Officer; she is also the poetry reviewer for Mslexia. She tweets @ellora_sutton, or you can find her at ellorasutton.com.