At 98, Alex Katz is fluorescing…and Ada Katz, 97, is incandescent.

By Diane Hudson

What draws you to this place?

AK: Maine was beautiful, and the atmosphere was very liberating. You felt free. I first went there on a scholarship in 1949 at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. I have had a studio in Maine since 1954.

How would you say your winters in New York affect your work compared to how you create in Maine?

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