Karen Owsley Nease: "Found Horizons"

Karen Owsley Nease: "Found Horizons" is an exhibit running from April 30 to June 4 at the Duluth Art Institute in the George Morrison Gallery. A reception will be May 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. The Horizon is the apparent line that separates earth from sky. It is at once visible and fictional - we can never physically touch the horizon except through perception. This paradox is the visual source material for the work of Karen Nease, as well as an apt metaphor for her inspirations as an artist. Karen mixes the natural terminology of landscape painting with a modernist understanding of formal concerns. Building almost sculptural layers of paint into her finished pieces, she provides the viewer with a physical exploration of the often metaphysical entity of Duluth's Lake Superior horizon. 218-733-7560. www.duluthartinstitute.org. The DAI is open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Summer hours begin Memorial Day Weekend, when the DAI is open daily 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.