Murals, illustrations and graphics for
White Sands National Monument

Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world's largest gypsum dunefield. White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of this unique dunefield, along with the plants and animals that live here.

Karen's recent work for White Sands and the National Park Service shows modern wildlife residents by night, and imagines the same landscape during the Pleistocene with some of the megafauna whose remains have been found in the Monument.

Soaptree Yucca for White Sands National Monument

Yucca flower detail, Soaptree Yucca

Yucca pod detail, Soaptree Yucca

Yucca root detail, Soaptree Yucca

White Sands Moonlit Scene

Mammoth detail, White Sands Pleistocene Environment

Smilodon detail, White Sands Pleistocene Environment

White Sands Pleistocene Environment

Bobcat detail, White Sands Moonlit Scene

Kangaroo rat detail, White Sands Moonlit Scene

White Sands animal call-outs

White Sands Earless Lizard, color variations

White Sands Earless Lizard, Sculpture

White Sands Monument Trackway: Kids at Play

White Sands Monument Trackway: Lake Otero Aerial View

White Sands Monument Trackway: Lake Otero Peril