Marcia Coppel was formally educated in  art and speech therapy and is
a keen observer of both verbal and non-verbal communication.  She
attended George Washington University, Cornell University, the
University of Wisconsin, and the Instituto of San Miguel de Allende,
Mexico.

Marcia began drawing as a way of recording her extensive travels in
Mexico and the Greek Islands of Mykanos and Santorini.  Wanting to
integrate her abstract painting style with her drawings, she moved from
her native Washington, DC to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.  While
studying there with Dennis Pohl and Carolyn King, her expressionist
realism developed and was inspired by the colors, texture, form and light
of Mexico.

"Everything here (in Mexico) is visual.  Not just the flowers and the
colors of nature.  There are little surprises around every corner, in
doorways, niches, and above the buildings"  Marcia's light and playful
use of color and line, combined with her innate sensitivity, humorously
depicts the subtle nuances of being human in all of its joy and pathos.

After living in Mexico for almost five years, Marcia moved back to her
residence and studio in Washington, DC.  She returns to San Miguel
and Puerto Vallarta for several months every year; there she can be
found painting in her studio or drawing in the cafes or on the beaches of
Mexico.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS -ONE PERSON SHOWS

2008 Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
2005 Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
2003 Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
1997 Galeria Izamel, San Miguel de Allende Mexico
1993 Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
1991 Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
1989 Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
1988 Gallery 819, Fells Point, Baltimore, MD
1987 Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
1986 Book Cellar Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1981 Gallery 10, Ltd., Washington, DC


SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
1997 Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, El Dia De Muerte
1997 Krasdale Foods Art Gallery in  conjunction with Lehman College,
White Plains, NY
1997 Galeria Federock, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1996 Global Focus, Beijing, China ( UN Fourth World Conference on
Women)
1994The Cutting Edge - George Meany Labor Center
1990 Krasdale Foods Inc. Art Gallery, White Plains, NY
1985 United Nations Conference, Nairobi, Kenya , An American Album,
Images by Women Artists
ABOUT MARCIA COPPEL
marciacoppel@marciacoppel.com