Marine animals and fish
Some of Karen's best-known works are her underwater images, recreating marine landscapes from the ancient and modern worlds. She particularly enjoys illustrations featuring the water surface, showing animals above and below the water level.
This gallery is sorted in geologic order, with images from the most recent periods first. Click on any thumbnail image for a larger view.
Amphibian and lobe-finned fish anatomy © Karen Carr.
Baleen and toothed whales © Smithsonian Institution.
Coral Polyp © Smithsonian Institution.
Deep-sea research © Smithsonian Institution.
Evolutionary relationships among major groups of cetaceans © Karen Carr.
Hydrological cycle © Smithsonian Institution.
Is a Dolphin a Fish book cover illustration © Karen Carr.
Is a Dolphin a Fish hunting dolphins and bait ball © Karen Carr.
Is a Dolphin a Fish hunting orcas © Karen Carr.
Krill life cycle © Smithsonian Institution.
Lobe-finned and ray-finned anatomy © Karen Carr.
Lungfish © Karen Carr.
Modern whale skeletal system © Karen Carr.
New York Times Sant Ocean Hall review © Smithsonian Institution.
Octopus Ornatus © Karen Carr.
Polar motion © Smithsonian Institution.
Sant Oceans Hall Grand Opening © Smithsonian Institution.
Sant Oceans Hall Grand Opening © Smithsonian Institution.
Sant Oceans Hall Grand Opening © Smithsonian Institution.
What is seawater made of? © Smithsonian Institution.
Eobalaenoptera whale and skeleton © Karen Carr.
Virginia Megalodon © Karen Carr.
Whale calving mural © Karen Carr.
Ambulocetus © Karen Carr.
Basilosaurus © Karen Carr.
Angolan Oceanic Upwelling Community © Karen Carr.
Cretaceous Angolan Sea Creatures © Karen Carr.
Cretaceous Angolan Sea Creatures © Karen Carr.
Cretaceous Marine Environment © Karen Carr.
Cretaceous Marine Environment mosasaur detail © Karen Carr.
Deinosuchus detail © Karen Carr.
Mesozoic Marine Arch Archelon detail © Karen Carr.
Mortoniceras © Field Museum
Mosasaur © Karen Carr.
Pachycheilosuchus © Karen Carr.
Pachyrhachis problematicus © Karen Carr.
Jurassic Shark detail © Karen Carr.
Rudist Community © Smithsonian Institution.
Augustasaurus © Field Museum
Helicoprion © Karen Carr.
Permian Seafloor © Karen Carr.
Permian Seafloor Detail © Karen Carr.
Mississippian Marine Environment © Indiana State Museum Foundation
Mississippian Marine Environment shark detail © Indiana State Museum Foundation
Acanthostega © Karen Carr.
Audubon Insectarium Ancient Seas Mural © Karen Carr.
Coccosteus © Field Museum
Devonian Marine Mural © Indiana State Museum Foundation
Doryaspis © Karen Carr.
Dunkleosteus for Royal Tyrrell © Karen Carr.
Eusthenopteron © Field Museum
Eusthenopteron © Karen Carr.
Stethacanthus © Field Museum
Stethacanthus © Karen Carr.
Silurian Marine Environment © Indiana State Museum Foundation
Eurypterids © Karen Carr.
Ordovician Marine Environment © Indiana State Museum Foundation
Anomalocaris © Karen Carr.
Cambrian Sea anomolocaris detail © Field Museum
Cambrian Sea Mural © Field Museum
Chancelloria detail © Field Museum
Conodonts © Karen Carr.
Marine Arch background mural © Karen Carr.
Marine Arch front mural © Karen Carr.
Marine Arch middle mural © Karen Carr.
Marrella © Karen Carr.
Pikaia © Field Museum
Sea Hallucigenia detail © Field Museum
Smithsonian Burgess Shale Community © Smithsonian Institution.
Ediacaran seafloor © Karen Carr.