Blending the analog and the digital

My academic and professional background in computer science sparked an interest in the ways the world communicated before the digital age, inspiring me to study traditional printmaking techniques including etching, lithography, wood engraving, linocut, monotype, and sun-printing. I am fascinated by the ways that our modern technologies have evolved from some of these legacy analog technologies.  Many digital concepts such as binary memory, image libraries, duplication, and storage descend from ideas expressed in the 1700s with stone lithography. The metal etching process that is the basis of computer chip fabrication today stems from the middle ages.

My body of work is both figurative and illustrative and focuses on several subjects and topics, including animals, botanicals, and technology. My latest work is cyanolumens, which combines two alternative photographic sun printing processes, cyanotype and lumen, and incorporates digital techniques.

Sam Shelton Art
105 N Union St
Studio 333
Alexandria, VA 22314
Monday  1pm - 6pm
Tuesday  1pm - 6pm
Wednesday  10am - 6pm
Thursday  1pm - 6pm
Friday  1pam - 6pm
Saturday  10am - 6pm
​Sunday  10am - 6pm