Karen Nunley

“One Orange Tree”
Mixed media on wood
12x12
“One Orange Tree”
Mixed media on wood
12x12
“The Mexican Doll”
Mixed media on Wood
12x12
“The Mexican Doll”
Mixed media on Wood
12x12
“I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues #3”
Mixed media on wood
12x12
“I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues #3”
Mixed media on wood
12x12
“I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues #2”
Mixed media on wood
12x12
“I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues #2”
Mixed media on wood
12x12
“I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues #1”
Mixed media on wood
12x12
“I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues #1”
Mixed media on wood
12x12
“The Director’s Chair”
Mixed media on wood
10x10
“The Director’s Chair”
Mixed media on wood
10x10
"Remembering Spring"
Mixed Media on wood
12x12
"Remembering Spring"
Mixed Media on wood
12x12
"The Sun is a Tomato"
Mixed media on paper
22x30
"The Sun is a Tomato"
Mixed media on paper
22x30
"I'll Fly Away" 
Sold
"I'll Fly Away"
Sold
"From Little Acorns"
Mixed Media on wood
12x12
"From Little Acorns"
Mixed Media on wood
12x12
"The Mill Town"
Mixed media
14x11
"The Mill Town"
Mixed media
14x11
"Wadi Rum"
Mixed Media on wood
12x12
"Wadi Rum"
Mixed Media on wood
12x12
"On Point"
Mixed media
12x12
"On Point"
Mixed media
12x12
"Hot Summer Night"
Mixed media
12x12
"Hot Summer Night"
Mixed media
12x12
"Independence Day"
Mixed media
12x12
"Independence Day"
Mixed media
12x12
"Red Pearls"
Mixed media
12x12
"Red Pearls"
Mixed media
12x12
"Mills Along the Merrimack"
Mixed media
18x14
"Mills Along the Merrimack"
Mixed media
18x14
"He Left Curious Tracks"
Mixed media
12x12
"He Left Curious Tracks"
Mixed media
12x12
"Little Cabin in the Woods"
Mixed media
12x12
"Little Cabin in the Woods"
Mixed media
12x12
"Window on the World"
Mixed media
10x10
"Window on the World"
Mixed media
10x10
"Cross my Heart"
Mixed media
12x12
"Cross my Heart"
Mixed media
12x12
"Standing Tall"
Mixed media on paper
13x13
"Standing Tall"
Mixed media on paper
13x13
"My Eye Is on You"
Mixed media 
12x12
"My Eye Is on You"
Mixed media
12x12
"Patched Dreams"
Mixed media on canvas
16x20
"Patched Dreams"
Mixed media on canvas
16x20
"Day in the Tropics"
Mixed media
12x 12
"Day in the Tropics"
Mixed media
12x 12
"Out of Africa"
Mixed media
12x12
"Out of Africa"
Mixed media
12x12
Along the Watch Tower’
Mixed media
12x12
Along the Watch Tower’
Mixed media
12x12
"Under the Bridge”
Mixed media
12x12
"Under the Bridge”
Mixed media
12x12
"On the Road Again” 
mixed media diptych
48x36
"On the Road Again”
mixed media diptych
48x36
"Out of the Belfry"
Sold
"Out of the Belfry"
Sold
"I'm Not Your Stepping Stone"
Mixed Media on wood
12x12
"I'm Not Your Stepping Stone"
Mixed Media on wood
12x12
"I Know a Lot of Fancy Dancers"
Mixed Media on wood
12x12
"I Know a Lot of Fancy Dancers"
Mixed Media on wood
12x12
"In Bethlehem"
SOLD
"In Bethlehem"
SOLD

New Work

My current work is an exploration of layers and patterns.  Every piece includes at least one ladder, although it is often obscured behind paint or collage.  I switch between working on wood panels and on paper.  Wood lets me use a rotary sander to excavate into old layers.  I sometimes employ new tools to apply paint – knives, scrapers, rollers, chopsticks.  My goal is to make work that is dreamlike with an air of mystery, that a viewer can look at many times and still see something new.