Vivid wildlife, scenery paintings of N. Dakota native on exhibit this month at Tupper Arts

by Dan McClelland

The vivid wildlife and western-style landscapes paintings of North Dakota native Tarryl Gabel are on display right now at Tupper Arts on Park Street. Her 40 or so colorful and punchy paintings will be there for free public viewing through September 29.

Born on a cattle ranch on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, Tarryl has been producing realistic images on canvass of the many animals and scenes she’s seen at all the places she’s visited over the years.

Her home for the last 30 years has been the picturesque Hudson Valley south of here.

Say her fans, Tarryl prefers to paint at plein air events, like the one returning to Tupper Arts on September 30 whenever she can. She also paints still life, animals of all kinds and many western-themed landscapes.

She has participated at past Tupper Lake plein air events, and may stick around too for our annual one which begins the day after her exhibit closes. Some of her works are paintings she done of local scenes when she attended recent plein airs here.

The artist is proud to have been voted by readers of the Hudson Valley Magazine as “best artist” in its “Best of the Hudson Valley” feature five times so far. She has won multiple awards, both regionally and nationally. Her most coveted one, however, was “Worthy of the Met,” from a judge at the Plein Air Easton, David C. Levy.

That show is the largest and most prestigious plein air in the nation.

Tarryl’s pieces are found in many private and corporate collections around the country and around the world.

She and her pieces were feted at a Tupper Arts reception last Wednesday.

These are just some of her great works now on display at Tupper Arts.