Creating prints and works on paper for 50 years and appearing in over 700 shows, Welden has been in the forefront of abstract art – interpreting landscapes through rhythmic lines, shapes and forms.  Much of his work is in the mixed media of etching, drawing and painting.

He is also a leader in the alternative health and safety oriented movement in printmaking.  As the originator of a technique called Solarplate printing, which uses the sun to process images, he has eliminated the need for toxic chemicals.  Welden will discuss his work in open conversation with Dr. Kathleen Collins and present a short film on this groundbreaking process on July 6 and conduct a two-day hands-on workshop at the Museum on July 7th and 8th.  The schedule is:

• Welden in Conversation with Dr. Kathleen Collins & Film on Solarplate Process

July 6, 5 – 6:30 pm;

• Welden Printmaking Workshop July 8 - 9. 10 am-4 pm; info at www.ccmoa.org/art-classes

“We are very excited to present Dan Welden, an internationally renowned Master Printmaker and printmaker to the Masters, an innovator, author and teacher, with two exhibitions and a workshop during our celebration of “The Summer of Love and Abstraction” this year,” said Edith (Deede) Tonelli, Director of Cape Cod Museum of Art (CCMoA).