Paper Geography (2016-ongoing)
untitled red grid
2021
polymer plate intaglio
image 5x4 inches
Susan Belau Paper Geography (2016-ongoing) photopolymer intaglio
Gate Remnants
2020
photopolymer intaglio
image size 10 x 8 inches
Susan Belau Paper Geography (2016-ongoing) etching and photopolymer intaglio
Retaining Wall Removed
2020
etching and photopolymer intaglio
images size 12 x 12 inches

Susan Belau Paper Geography (2016-ongoing) etching and chine-collé
Point of Anchor
2018
etching and chine-collé
image size: 4 x 5 inches
Susan Belau Paper Geography (2016-ongoing) etching and lithograph
Around Away
2016
etching and lithograph
image size: 9 x 8 inches
Susan Belau Paper Geography (2016-ongoing) etching and chine-collé
Crossing
2016
etching and chine-collé
image size: 7 x 7 inches

Susan Belau Paper Geography (2016-ongoing) lithograph and colored gampi collage
Corner Variation One
2017
lithograph and colored gampi collage
image size: 4.5 x 4.5 inches
Susan Belau Paper Geography (2016-ongoing) lithograph and colored gampi collage
Corner Variation Two
2017
lithograph and colored gampi collage
image size: 4.5 x 7 inches
Susan Belau Paper Geography (2016-ongoing) lithograph and colored gampi collage
Corner Variation Three
2017
lithograph and colored gampi collage
image size: 5 x 9 inches

Susan Belau Paper Geography (2016-ongoing) lithograph and colored gampi collage
Corner Variation Four
2017
lithograph and colored gampi collage
image size: 5 x 9 inches

A collection of works that encompass abstract references to landforms and architecture, and explore paper and the printed surface as subject and site.
 
As an artist working with the subject of landscape, I am interested in the relationship between represented space and real space. The “real” space of the print is simply the paper and pigment. The embossment of the plate edge, the character of the paper surface, and the layers of ink embedded in the paper are the subtle physical properties of the print object. Variations in these conventions – the shaped plate, overprinting, misaligned registration – point to the print as both image and object.
 
Recent prints included here use photographic processes to document the paper surface and collages made from past prints, drawings, and printed paper. These works are small topographies of paper and present the page as a site for planning, acting, imagining, and building.