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Margaret Coe (born 1941) is an American Painting known for her Impressionism art works painted en plein air in Oregon. Her paintings are preserved in the Oregon Legislative Assembly's One Percent for Art Collection, at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, and in the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Crater Lake #2 (2010) is on display at the Oregon State Capitol.
She met her husband, artist Mark Clarke, at UO. They exhibited many of their paintings together beginning in the 1960s. Clarke was the curator of the University of Oregon Museum of Art for more than twenty years. He died on January 11, 2016. Their daughter, Karin Clarke, owns the Karin Clarke Gallery and its annex in Eugene. Their son Tim Clarke is a jazz musician.
Coe is one of Eugene, Oregon's most recognized artists. Eugene Weekly said she is one of the artists which has "influenced generations of artists as well as the direction of painting in the region."
Coe and Clarke were honored with a 6-month retrospective in 2017—2018 by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. The curator for the museum said it was a "dream project" for the museum. A book created by the museum to accompany the exhibition, Mark Clarke and Margaret Coe: our lives in paint, is archived at the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
Seven of her paintings were acquired by the Oregon Legislative Assembly in the One Percent for Art Collection, the first law in the United States setting aside funds to purchase and preserve artwork by recognized artists in the state. Crater Lake #2 (2010), Coe's interpretation of the landscape of Crater Lake National Park, is hanging in the Oregon State Capitol. Several pieces are in colleges and government buildings around the state.
Coe's paintings are also in collections at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, the Coos Art Museum, and Morbihan.
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