American Artist Dan Welden received his BA and MA in Art Education from Adelphi University, NY. After studying printmaking in Munich, he returned to the US and taught at several colleges and universities in the New York area, including State University of Stony Brook and Long Island University. Thro0ughout his career as a master printmaker, painter, educator and author, Welden exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally. Concerned with health and safety in the printmaking environment, Mr. Welden developed the Solarplate process in 1971 and is co-author of "Printmaking in the Sun".He has served as president of the Society of AMerican Graphic Artists and is director of Hampton Editions, Ltds, in Sag Harbor, Long Island. HIs work is in many public and private collections including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Portland Museum of Art, OR and Temple University, Philadelphia PA.