Joan Schroeder-Boyce was born in 1939, in Rochester, New York. She moved to Wisconsin with her parents in 1954 and to Michigan with her first husband in 1967. Joan’s mother, Dorothy Hockenberger Galley, was her main inspiration and teacher. Dorothy has many watercolors on display at Heleen Hassell’s Art Gallery on the island of Saba, Netherland Antilles. She was also commissioned by the governor of Saba to do paintings of many of the island’s historical points.
Joan retired from Michigan State University in 2001 and moved to Arizona with her husband, Jim Boyce, where she was inspired by the beautiful desert colors to start her art work again. Joan has taken lessons from Terry Bayle of Williamston, Michigan, Johanna Hensley, and Paulette Bedford of Prescott Valley, Arizona. Joan does work in pastels, oils and watercolor, with pastels being her favorite medium. Joan is a member of the Central Arizona Senior Association (C.A.S.A.) Art Group, whose adviser and teacher is Charles Wight. She is a board member and Chairperson of the Monthly Competition for the Prescott Valley Art Guild. Joan is also a member of the Dewey-Humboldt Arts and Culture Group
Joan retired from Michigan State University in 2001 and moved to Arizona with her husband, Jim Boyce, where she was inspired by the beautiful desert colors to start her art work again. Joan has taken lessons from Terry Bayle of Williamston, Michigan, Johanna Hensley, and Paulette Bedford of Prescott Valley, Arizona. Joan does work in pastels, oils and watercolor, with pastels being her favorite medium. Joan is a member of the Central Arizona Senior Association (C.A.S.A.) Art Group, whose adviser and teacher is Charles Wight. She is a board member and Chairperson of the Monthly Competition for the Prescott Valley Art Guild. Joan is also a member of the Dewey-Humboldt Arts and Culture Group
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