Artwork copyright Joanne Hammer. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2024.

Satellite Vision, 1976

Joanne Hammer
American (born 1947)

Location: Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane

About the Artwork

Satellite Vision is an abstract screen print collage by artist Joanne Hammer. She states that “Infrared portraits of agricultural land” inspired the composition and imagery. Infrared photography captures the glow of radiant energy not visible by the human eye. Farmers can take aerial infrared images as a way to monitor the health of their crops.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Community Colleges of Spokane.

About the Artist

Born in Seattle, Hammer studied as an undergraduate at the University of Washington and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in textile design from the University of Hawaii in 1977. She returned to the Pacific Northwest, settling on Vashon Island in South Puget Sound, Western Washington, where she lives and works.