Joel Koppelman
Santa Monica, CA
Joel lives in Santa Monica where he creates abstract paintings that often hint at an inner narrative. He also enjoys sculpting in stone and clay.
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Joel spent most of his life in and around Philadelphia but managed to travel extensively around the world. He is an engineering graduate of Drexel University and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. Joel was co-founder of Primavera Systems, a software company that was formed in 1983 just as the personal computer was first introduced. Primavera is a thriving business unit within Oracle Corporation and continues to provide world class, enterprise-wide project management solutions to business and industry. Retiring after several years at Oracle, Joel began sculpting and painting as his primary activities. Joel and his wife Sharon who is also a painter of abstracts now live in Southern California. He is a National Trustee of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was active on the boards of Opera Philadelphia and Drexel University while living in Philadelphia.
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I often begin a new piece by creating odd interlocking forms and colors in a jigsaw puzzle mode. I like to apply sharply contrasting colors to adjacent shapes and allow the combinations and interactions to suggest figures, faces, interactions and conflicts. As the assemblage begins to suggest to me a moment in time, a story, an event or a narrative, I further transform the painting into what I hope will become an interesting, intriguing visual and emotional experience for the viewer.
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