Paul Carter Paul Carter is a writer and artist. His most recent book is Ecstacies and Elegies: Poems (2013). All essays by Paul Carter Review: Paul Carteron Martin Edmond Battarbee and Namatjira by Martin Edmond Giramondo 352pp 29.95 AU Published October, 2015 ISBN 978-1-922146-68-7 Crossed Tracks: Battarbee and Namatjira by Martin Edmond Battarbee and Namatjira remain, in their separate ways, like their beloved ghost gums, isolated in their landscapes. Their appeal is partly due to their political quietism. Their expressiveness is, in a way, like the treatment of the trees, deliberately enigmatic. Jun. 2015 • Art and artists • Australian literature • Biography • Non-fiction