A Columbian mammoth towers above the savannah, its ivory tusks curling in the shape of a smile. In the background, more mammoths follow, bathed in a warm glow...
The artist creates vivid drawings of dinosaurs, sea creatures and more for clients including the Smithsonian, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Audubon Society.
Carr is a natural history and exhibit artist whose work is on display at museums across the country. She created several pieces for the Perot Museum before its opening in 2012, including murals of creatures like the Columbian mammoth and smaller images of dinosaurs that are featured on display boards.
“As a kid, I wanted to be immersed in the environment described. I wanted to be in the Cretaceous, or I wanted to be underwater with the whales,” Carr said. “I wanted to feel like I could sense that environment, and I think artwork is still an excellent way to do that.”Carr was raised in Arlington. Her mother, Linda Carr, was a biologist, and her father, Bill Carr, was a self-employed artist and illustrator.
Carr put together an art portfolio, started making cold calls and eventually snagged her first job with the Dallas Zoo. She created her own company, Karen Carr Studio, Inc., in 1990, and hasn’t looked back since. While designing murals for the Perot Museum’s T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now Hall in 2011, Carr worked with Ron Tykoski, the museum’s director of paleontology and curator of vertebrate paleontology.
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