By — Phil Hirschkorn Phil Hirschkorn Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/love-adventure-painter-alex-katz-finds-inspiration-bold-works Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ‘I love the adventure’: How painter Alex Katz finds inspiration for his bold works Arts Sep 27, 2015 2:12 PM EDT At 88, painter Alex Katz is as productive as ever. In September, Katz returned to his Soho studio in New York City to paint after his annual summer escape to Maine. Working from small studies to produce large canvasses, watch in the video above as Katz turns a 15×11-feet blank canvass into a green, brown, and white depiction of trees, titled “Cross Light 3.” “I like the bluntness and the bigness of them,” Katz said of his large-scale, bold paintings. “You have to really want it. And as far as I’m concerned, if you want it, you have to go for it.” A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now By — Phil Hirschkorn Phil Hirschkorn Phil Hirschkorn is a New York-based journalist with more than 20 years of experience producing video reports for national news networks and writing for their websites, with a special emphasis covering terrorism, politics, and the arts. Prior to PBS, Hirschkorn worked for CBS News, CNN, and Fox News. His articles have appeared in Salon, Huffington Post, Just Security, Atlantic.com, Politico, Rolling Stone, George, WhoWhatWhy, and other publications. Hirschkorn was an editor of and contributor to the 2002 book Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11, an oral history of 9/11 told by 130 radio and television journalists. He is graduate of Duke University. @PHirschkorn
At 88, painter Alex Katz is as productive as ever. In September, Katz returned to his Soho studio in New York City to paint after his annual summer escape to Maine. Working from small studies to produce large canvasses, watch in the video above as Katz turns a 15×11-feet blank canvass into a green, brown, and white depiction of trees, titled “Cross Light 3.” “I like the bluntness and the bigness of them,” Katz said of his large-scale, bold paintings. “You have to really want it. And as far as I’m concerned, if you want it, you have to go for it.” A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now