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“Hunt, meanwhile, works mostly with watercolors, using them to create vibrant seascapes that she also paints on location.

“There are so many wonderful places to paint in Westport and Dartmouth,” she said. “I don’t like to use photographs, they just look really flat.”

Like Barry, Hunt’s paintings are full of bright colors, though they don’t skew as much into impressionism.

“Color is my favorite part,” Hunt said. “There are some watercolor artists that aren’t afraid of the pigment, and I try to be like that.”

Though Hunt’s works show the precision of a practiced hand, she said she only picked up the medium three years ago.

“I don’t have a painting background,” she said, explaining that she went to architecture school and later worked as a metalsmith. “I’m a maker person and I like to do everything.”