Marian Christy with some of her “knifed watercolor” paintings in a new exhibition that opened Saturday at MoCA Westport. / Contributed photos by Leslie LaSala
Visitors to the new exhibit, “From the Knife to the Pen,” view some of Marian Christy’s paintings at the opening  reception Saturday.

WESTPORT — An exhibit of “knifed watercolors” by painter Marian Christy opened Saturday at MoCA Westport.

A reception for the display of more than 300 watercolor paintings, “From the Knife to the Pen,” was attended by the artist, now 90 years old.

The exhibition runs through Nov. 27 at the museum, 19 Newtown Turnpike.

Knifed watercolors, according to a MoCA publicity release, is a technique Christy developed using “only palette knives and puddles of paint. No drawing and no brushes.”

Before Christy devoted herself to painting, she was a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist at the Boston Globe.

Docent-led tours of “From the Pen to the Knife” are available Thursday afternoons, with advance registration requested. Admission to the museum is complimentary after 4 p.m. Thursdays.

For more information, contact MoCA Westport at 203-222-7070.

Painter Marian Christy talks with visitors to a new exhibition of her paintings Saturday at MoCA Westport. / Contributed photo by Leslie LaSala

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