Artwork by Cheryl Ceol
Bill Uzzell, his wife, and the alligator. Artwork
Copyright © 2007 by Cheryl Ceol
From Snows of Darkness:
Even dead, an alligator remained a dangerous brute. Afraid to
turn and afraid to go on, Bill froze. He took long moments to
sink down, the stone of the tomb at his back, the fog curling
around him like a blanket.
He began to cry. No tears flowed, and Bill made not a sound, for
it was a sorrowful crying of the mind: long, drawn out, and
close to despair.
He had thought about it many ways since the disaster began.
Perhaps the last of the patricians had felt this way at the
sacking of Rome. He was watching the fall of a civilization, a
great change from which something dark and brooding would
emerge. And the light would not be seen again for a thousand
years. Or perhaps all of his understanding was no more use than
the shocked glance of a Cretaceous beast, some dinosaur watching
the fall of the asteroid that would doom its kind.
At the end, in these final days, Bill's thoughts returned again
and again to Donya. It was not that he loved her; that went
without saying. The most secure and comforting moments of his
life had been spent in her arms. Donya was the confidant of his
heart and his hopes. With her, he shared a closeness men who
have not experienced the same often mock and ridicule. But no,
the central fact of his love was a given. What now consumed Bill
was the fate he had engineered for the mother of his children,
for the mate of his soul, for his Donya.
Through the mist, a light, gray snow began to fall.
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Cheryl Ceol is an artist living in
Claridge, PA.
Cheryl Ceol is an artist and the owner of
Ceol Creations.
Cheryl's styles range from simplistic to photorealism in pen &
ink, oil, acrylic, pastels, charcoal and watercolor.
Her projects include theatre set painting, portraits. and
landscape commissions.
20 years of flexography print and design experience with 18
years as prepress print manager.
Member: Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators and SCBWI (Society of
Children Book Writers and Illustrators)
Contact Info:
Cheryl Ceol
2104 Ceol Court
Claridge, PA 15623
Phone: 724-744-0696
E-mail:
cherylceol@yahoo.com or
cheryl@ceolcreations.com
Sample Art Page:
www.ceolcreations.com
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Snows of Darkness
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2007 by Scot Noel and
James Verran
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©
2007 by Cheryl Ceol
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