Artwork copyright Jo Hockenhull. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Jo Hockenhull. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Full Circle, 1985

Jo Hockenhull
(American, born 1942)

Location: Port Angeles High School, Port Angeles

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Full Circle is a five-panel painting by artist Jo Hockenhull that depicts Halley's Comet and explores the cyclical nature of time, how our perceptions shape our experiences, and how all elements of the universe are woven together.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Port Angeles School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Jo Hockenhull is a painter, printmaker, illustrator, and educator. She states that her work "explores connections that human beings seem to need with the past, the future and the natural world."
Hockenhull joined the faculty of Washington State University in Pullman, Eastern Washington, in 1972. She started the printmaking program in the Fine Arts Department that year, and later headed the Women's Studies program (1986-1996). She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Knox College in Illinois in 1963 and her Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1966.