Oriental Symbols

As Basis For Woodcuts

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will host a woodcut demonstration by Mike Goscinsky on Wednesday, August 25.

The program will begin at 1:30 pm. It will be in the lower meeting room of Newtown Meeting House, 30 Main Street in Newtown (at the flagpole). Admission is free, and all are welcome.

Mr Goscinsky, of Garnerville, N.Y., uses Oriental symbols as the basis for his designs. He then fills in the empty areas with detailed birds, fish or animals. He calls this “Pictorial Prints,” and sees it as a combination of the illustrated subject and the graphic symbol.

Mr Goscinsky received his BFA from Pratt Institute of Art in 1961, majoring in graphics. He has done commercial illustration for many national firms, and is a retired staff artist of Altria Corporation in New York City.

He has exhibited throughout the country and is the recipient of about 60 awards.

Mr Goscinsky’s woodcuts have been shown at Hudson River Museum, Audubon National Print Show and National Academy of Design, all in New York. He has also been represented in the North Dakota National Drawing and Print Show at University of North Dakota as well as shows in Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia.

He is represented throughout the country in many corporate permanent collections and is considered a master of the art.