Karl Mullen was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1954 and now resides in
Pennsylvania where he began his career as a painter. With no formal training, he has developed his own approach and methods of painting. Using a unique vocabulary, process and variety of material, Mullen is able to work outside the boundaries of conventional art.

Mullen has been known to use anything and everything as his canvas from paper to automobile hoods, toilet paper, discarded jewelry cards, receipts, coffee cups, parking tickets, milk cartons, old books, bibles, movie stubs, business cards, paper napkins and US army bandages. His paint is raw powder pigments, walnut oil and wax medium and is painted with his hands; his creativity and energy have no boundaries.