Marshall Colley is an artist and educator in studio arts,  digital fine arts photography and basic web design.  He resided and studied one year at the University of Chicago before returning to his childhood home in Tucson, Arizona to obtain his education credentials from the University of Arizona in Photography and Art Education.   He is currently a licensed educator in Arizona and taught middle school art for the Sunnyside School District in Tucson for 20 years.  His students have won numerous awards including the prestigious Hispanics Heritage Award. He was  chosen as a participant to bring cross-cultural art education to Turkey as part of a Hayes-Fulbright grant from the University of Arizona.

In addition to teaching, Marshall Colley is an accomplished, artist,  designer and builder.  His interests vary widely in many areas of design from fine arts photography and digital art to to solar engineering and architecture. His latest series of art photography  have taken him to the oceans of Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines to photograph underwater forms of art,  with the emphasis on the abstract.

In 2011 he left his position as a teacher to dedicate his efforts full time to his own artwork and to finish a large solar project called “Alma Del Sol”, a residence that utilizes solar energy and water conservation in the heart of the Sonoran desert in Tucson, Arizona.  As a designer, he has a strong need to address the environmental issues that face the world today and feels one must lead by example whenever possible.

His extra-curricular interest are photography and video production, music, dance, scuba diving, hiking and back-packing and  international travel.

He is married to Glenda Tan, a Filipino he met in the Philippines while scuba diving, who is now a US Citizen and teaches English as a second language.