Phil Cooper, Concrete Eagle, 40cm x 40cm, mixed media on paper
“A dark shape swooped suddenly from above, a concrete eagle, its beak lethal, and its talons out-stretched.”
Chimera Book 1 / Chapter 11 – The Boy In The School Uniform
“I found Chapter 10 so touching, and Dan’s narration really brought out the emotion in the dialogue between Kyp and Atticus; I was quite teary by the end! Chapter 11 is very moving in parts too, but for the illustration I’ve focused on a scene that has a completely different emotional bandwidth – sheer terror! There are plenty of scary moments in Chimera, and the scene towards the end of Chapter 11 where the concrete sculptures and garden ornaments come to life is definitely one of them for me.”
Phil Cooper’s Concrete Eagle painting on his art table in his Berlin studio, November 2020
Red's Kingdom 