Susan Grabel

the venus cycle

Collagraph Collages

The Venus Cycle explores the reality of the older woman’s body, un-idealized and imprinted with life’s experiences, Society’s emphasis on female beauty as youthful and slender belies what women see when they look in the mirror and discounts the grace and strength of older women’s bodies. With a brazen acceptance, Grabel normalizes the changing seasons of the female form.

The collages of collagraph prints and combination of prints and sculptures provide another way of echoing the aging female form and celebrating it through repetition and joyful use of color.

Birthing Venus

Birthing Venus [BV003]

2010,

collagraph collage,

h18 w14 inches

Birthing Venus

Birthing Venus [BV002]

2009,

collagraph collage,

h19 w15 inches

Birthing Venus

Birthing Venus [BV004]

2010,

collagraph collage,

h19 w15½ inches

Birthing Venus

Birthing Venus [BV005]

2009,

collagraph collage,

h20½ w18 inches

Cascading Venus

Cascading Venus [CV001]

2007,

collagraph collage,

h17 w14½ inches

Cascading Venus

Venus on Parade [VOP001]

2007,

collagraph collage,

h15 w19 inches

Venus Reflected

Venus Reflected [VR001]

2009,

collagraph collage,

h16 w13 inches

Venus Triad

Venus Triad [VTR001]

2009,

collagraph collage,

h15 w22 inches

Venus Through the Gate

Venus Through the Gate [VTG001]

2008,

collagraph collage,

h23 w17 inches

Venus Echoed

Venus Echoed [VECH003]

2006,

cast paper, collagraph,

h17 w11½ d2 inches

Venus Echoed

Venus Echoed [VECH004]

2007,

cast paper, collagraph,

h17 w38 d1½ inches

Venus Echoed

Venus Echoed [VECH005]

2007,

cast paper, collagraph,

h16 w38 d1½ inches

Resonance Fractured

Resonance Fractured [RESF001]

2006,

collagraph collage,

h30 w22 inches