by support | Jan 25, 2013 | News
The following review by Gillian Cumming appearing in the Courier Mail, 03 November 2012: WORDS AND ART OF WAR Exploring the life of PoW Ray Parkin reveals the soul of an artist and a very private man, writes Gillian Cumming. The more Pattie Wright delved into Ray...
by support | Jan 18, 2013 | News
The following review appeared in the Canberra Times, 01 December 2012: Beauty drawn from harsh places He was best known for his tales of life as a sailor, but Ray Parkin the visual artist also left behind an important body of work, David Ellery writes. John Clarke,...
by support | Dec 12, 2012 | News
Join Pattie Wright at the Shrine on March 6th, 2013, as she speaks about Ray Parkin and her recently-published biography of him, Ray Parkin’s Odyssey. Pattie put interviews with Ray together with first-time access to his diaries and extensive archive to capture the...
by support | Dec 12, 2012 | News
Vice Admiral Russell Crane (AO, CSM, RAN), the recently retired Head of the Navy, launched Ray Parkin’s Odyssey onboard HMAS Warramunga on the 2nd of November. Some photos from the launch follow- clicking on a thumbnail will bring up a larger...
by support | Nov 5, 2012 | News
Professor Robin Gerster, who teaches at Monash University and has published extensively on Australian war literature, has written a review of “Ray Parkin’s Odyssey” for The Age newspaper. “His POW writings have a Homeric quality, not in the...
