Horseman

'The first thing that strikes one about Morrocco, both in his work and in his personality, is his humanity. He has inherited in strength the full-blooded appreciation and enjoyment of life that one readily associates with the Italian character, and while one may agree with the astute remark of a fellow artist, that he appears to live and paint as if he were an operatic tenor giving a splendid performance, this does not blind one to other more introverted characteristics which give depth and penetration and indeed 'finish' to all but the most spontaneous of his outpourings' (Exhibition catalogue, Four Scottish Artists: Blyth, Donaldson, Henderson, Morrocco, Edinburgh, The Art's Council Gallery, 1964, unpaginated).