Joyce Power

1935 - 2025

Joyce Power
July 5, 1935 - January 25, 2025
Joyce Power, a Sonoma County artist and longtime resident of Healdsburg and Cloverdale, passed away peacefully on January 25 at her home. She was 89.

Joyce was actively involved in area cultural establishments such as the Healdsburg Center for the Arts, where she served as a resident artist and Center manager. Her wine country landscapes rendered in soft pastels, oils and acrylics were featured in galleries and jury exhibitions in the Bay Area, and are held in private collections in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Joyce Power, nee Campbell, was born on July 5, 1935, in Manitoba, Canada. Her parents, both school teachers, relocated the family to Ontario, Canada, where Joyce spent most of her childhood and teenage years. Joyce became a school teacher herself, after receiving her diploma from Hamilton Teachers College.

In her late 20s, Joyce moved to London, England, with her husband Keith Power, a Canadian journalist whom she met in Toronto. In London, Joyce and Keith became part of the Chelsea set of artists, writers, musicians and other bohemians during the onset of the Swinging Sixties.

In 1962, Joyce and Keith, with newborn son, Gavin, moved from London to San Francisco, where their second son, Brendan, was born in 1965.

In 1988, Joyce and Keith, both enophiles, saw the publication of their book, "The Wine Cellar Manual, Being at Home with Wine". During this period, Joyce was the general manager of The Caprice, a restaurant in Tiburon known for its exquisite French cuisine and cavernous wine cellar.

After many years in Mill Valley, Joyce and Keith retired to Healdsburg in 1998. In Healdsburg, Joyce, who had painted and sketched as a young woman, returned to the canvas, while also becoming a devoted ukulele player.

Joyce is survived by sister, Fran Hiscocks, son and daughter-in-law Gavin and Amber Power, son and daughter-in-law Brendan and Alexis Power, and granddaughter Quinn Power.

A celebration-of-life ceremony is being planned for summer 2025 in Sonoma County.