EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 14 © 2016 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

2 Tara McPherson Discover the sweet and strange surreal world of this multifaceted artist as Diego Cordoba tells us about her love for Japanese art, mysticism and astronomy ABOVE: Dark Matter Witch (2010), oil and silver leaf on linen, stretched over panel, 15” x 30”, part of the Bunny in the Moon series. RIGHT: Bunny in the Moon (2010), oil on linen, stretched over panel, 40” x 30”. The title comes from a Japanese legend about a bunny that sacrificed his life to feed a starving man that was actually a deity in disguise. In homage to the selflessness the bunny showed, the deity made his ashes fly to the moon so all could remember his kind act and his image for ages to come.