DI
WU
Born in China, Di Wu was an editor and illustrator
in one of the biggest Chinese fine arts publishing companies
before coming to Australia. He won awards for the books he
published in China and his first Australian picture book,
Rebel (with Allan
Baillie), was short-listed for CBC Picture
Book of the Year. He has since released Ali Baba (retold
by Jean Chapman) where his illustrations reflect the rich
and mysterious world of the Middle East with the use of watercolour
on traditional Chinese rice pape. Other titles include Old
Magic (with Allan Baillie) and Grandpa's
Mask, with
text by Jing Jing Guo who was the 1997 Victorian winner in
the
Nestle Write Around Australia Program. More recently Di collaborated
with Jane Jolly to create Glass Tears and 2008 will see the
release of Peacock Girl, written by his daughter, Lily Wu,
and co-illustrated with his wife, Kathy Huang.
  
Di talks
to students of various ages about his art work and the way
in which he uses his imagination to draw a picture from a story.
He draws as he talks, explaining to students the process of
finding stories from everyday life. Di is also known for his
fabulous caricatures... no student or teacher is safe!
Feedback:
Dear
Lovely L.L. Ladies,
Just a brief but very sincere thank you for organising the visit
by Di Wu to St Catherine of Siena P.S.
What a wonderful day! The children were thrilled to meet him, and
have spoken very highly about his original works shown and discussed
in relation to his published books... his gentleness... and his
wonderful artistry displayed through his speedy, though masterful,
drawings and caricatures!!
He was so very accommodating! What a lovely, gentle man! It was
a thrilling day!
- St Catherine of Siena P.S (NSW) Term 3 2008
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