Tarryl Gabel was born and raised on a cattle ranch on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. She has lived the last thirty years in the beautiful Hudson Valley in New York. Tarryl prefers to paint plein air whenever possible, but also paints still life, wildlife and western themed paintings when she cannot be outdoors. She is proud to have been voted by readers of the Hudson Valley Magazine, as Best Artist in their annual Best of the Hudson Valley five times to date. She has won awards regionally as well as being a winner in numerous National Competitions including Paint the Parks and Paint America Top 100. Her work is in many private and corporate collections nationally and abroad. Painting outside is my passion. I consider a painting successful when it evokes or captures a certain mood or feeling that the viewing audience gets caught up or lost in. My goal is to inspire the viewer to look more carefully at the world they live in, sharing with them the peace, beauty and reverence that I experience. I strive to make this emotional connection with the viewer through my art. I am most driven to capture that fleeting moment in time and the way the light moves across the changing landscape.