State Library Book Launch

Marcus Wu and Catriona Arcamone attended a special event at the State Library to launch a book of essays by students ‘10 Works in Focus, Paintings from the Collection’. Marcus is standing in front of the painting, ‘Picnic at The Rocks’,1952, by Roland Wakelin, about which he wrote a very beautiful piece.

A little excerpt gives an indication of Marcus’ style: “This painting is almost like a journey. Starting from the family and their picnic, our eyes are drawn to The Rocks…Along this journey, Wakelin employs a palette of contrasting colours – the brightness of the sunlit green is juxtaposed with the muted browns of The Rocks buildings, emphasising the tones of modernism that he would eventually help to pioneer.”