Marian Christy, above left, sunglasses, spoke with museum-goers about her work and her exhibit at MoCA Westport.

Saturday night MoCA Westport held its opening reception for From the Pen to the Knife, an exhibition featuring a unique collection of watercolors by the ground-breaking artist Marian Christy. Now 90 years old, Christy is the pioneer who invented Knifed Watercolors®, a new technique she developed into a single and original style that shatters tradition. The technique uses only palette knives and puddles of paint. No drawing and no brushes.

Christy was a Pulitzer-Prize nominated journalist for the first chapter of her life at a time when women had limited journalistic opportunities, and considers her time as an artist as a second chapter of her life, a time where she pivoted from “the pen to the knife.” 

From the Pen to the Knife was curated by Ruth Mannes, Executive Director of MoCA Westport; Liz Leggett, MoCA Westport’s Director of Exhibitions; and visual artist Tom Berntsen.

The exhibition will be on view through November 27. Docent-led tours are available on Thursday afternoons (advance registration requested), and admission is complimentary on Thursday evenings after 4 PM.

For more information, visit mocawestport.org.

Photos By J.C. Martin For WestportLocalPress.com  Click on an image to enlarge and open gallery.