Kari’s passion for visual phenomena, and her fascination with atmosphere and luminosity, have made her one of Maui’s preeminent colorists.“I paint landscapes, but it’s the color of nature that I’m after. Once you let go of your preconceptions—that grass is green, the sky is blue, and clouds are white and gray—you can begin to see the true colors. The road before you may appear gray at noon, but under different light, it can look lavender or peach. Light is the unifying force.“Learning to truly see color takes time and commitment, and I credit Dick Nelson, the artist and educator I’ve studied under for nearly three decades, for opening my eyes to the interaction of color and the science behind it.”A student of the renowned colorist Josef Albers, Nelson has taught Albers’s insights to some of Maui’s most accomplished artists. Kari, he says, is one of his finest. Art aficionados share his conviction: Kari’s oil paintings reside in public and private collections around the world. She exhibits in galleries throughout Maui, in person each week at the Four Seasons Resort Wailea’s Artists’ Showcase and welcomes visits to her studio in Upcountry Kula.