MAINE PUBLIC • July 23, 2025
Maine is known for a certain quality of light that gives the scenery and environment a distinctive character. Artists have famously tried to capture “Maine light” in their work—think Edward Hopper and his images of a stark white lighthouse against a brilliant blue sky. We will find out the scientific phenomena that explain this special lighting—and we’ll talk with painters and photographers about how they try to capture it in their work. Panelists: Carl Little, art critic; author; poet; Judy Taylor, Maine-based painter and teacher; Alexs Diamond-Stanic, associate professor of physics, Bates College. VIP Callers: Cig Harvey, artist, photographer, writer, educator; John Paul Caponigro, photographer, visual artist working with digita media, instructor, writer, speaker; Phil Alexandre, Alexandre Gallery.