About Julie Lenora Parsons
Julie Lenora Parsons is a professional arts practitioner and writer based in Fremantle, Western Australia, where she wrote her most recent book, Fragments of the Sky, an exquisitely designed, clever hybrid memoir/biography. In the ‘image rich’ book, history, creativity and trauma are navigated towards healing intergenerational patterns both spiritually and manifest.
Her first book, an elegant, full-colour tome documented with original photographs and stories of pioneering in the Western Australian wheat belt. The beautifully designed history, called Rabbits and Other Immigrants, follows a family and the spread of rabbits from Victoria to Western Australia.
In 2023/24 Julie wrote the biographical content for the book section titled, Following the sun compass, in; Dorothy Erickson, Metamorphosis, Mookaites and Metropolis: The life and work of an artist jeweller. By Philippa O’Brien, Julie Parsons, Dr Kathryn Wells. Publisher, The Western Australian Museum 2026.
Since 2013, Julie has written for arts media journal Oz Arts, with printed and online articles. The author’s focus on art, history and performance led to a Masters in Creative Arts (2009), exploring the design history of the harlequin costume. Her strong explorative research skills were developed from a forty-year career as an artist working with complex public art proposals, and theatrical production design commissions. Her last public art commission was the costuming of selected trees for Kings Park Botanical Gardens 50 year celebrations, and her most recent production as head set and costume designer was for, “Carmen” performed by SW Opera Company at the Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, 2025.
The author’s broad range of work as a visual artist, sculptor, book illustrator, set and costume designer can be seen in private and public art collections across Australia and internationally.
Photo credit Lidia D’Opera
Books by Julie Parsons
Fragments of the Sky
by Julie Parsons
Rabbits and Other Immigrants
by Julie Parsons
