More than You See at First: Karri Allrich

Karri Allrich is an expressive New England artist painting evocative landscapes, seascapes, figures, still lifes and nature-inspired abstractions with an immediate appeal bringing the viewer into a depth of color and understanding. She is a graduate of the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC, where she majored in studio painting and photography. Her eclectic artistic influences include Wolf Kahn, Fairfield Porter, Forrest Moses, and Helen Frankenthaler.

Music by Dario Acosta Teich whose masterful guitar technique and imaginative, musical mind always delights.

From the Copley Society of Boston and the Cahoon Museum of American Art to the Portland Museum Gallery and Seattle Design Center in the Pacific Northwest, Karri has exhibited her work in juried group and solo gallery shows across the country.

Her work is in private, public and corporate collections, including Nordstrom Inc, Horchow, Claire Murray, and the Town of Mashpee. Karri was chosen as an Arts Foundation of Cape Cod’s Pops by the Sea Commemorative Artist, and has been featured in Cape Cod Life Magazine, Cape Cod Life’s Annual Arts Issue, Cape Women Magazine, The Review, and House Beautiful. Her paintings have featured in the sets of the television series Grimm, and the David Tennant film, Bad Samaritan.

From 2013 to 2020, Ms. Allrich created large scale, site-specific paintings for Nordstrom stores in the United States and Canada.

After living on Cape Cod for decades, and later exploring Santa Fe, Southern California, Oregon and Texas, she now creates in the quiet woods and wilds of Northeast Connecticut. Karri frequently visits favorite hiking and painting spots on Cape Cod, finding inspiration and creative renewal here in all four seasons.