A keen observer of events that unfold around him, Georges Bahgory is in the habit of sketching his impressions in carnets de voyages (sketchbook diaries), many from Egyptian street scenes that
are recognizable to anyone familiar with Cairo daily life. This new collection of the artist's paintings is accompanied by extracts from his autobiographical novel The Icon of Faltas. Turning
from the brush to the pen, he has created vignettes, each a brief scene in a richly textured tapestry of imagined narrative. His descriptions convey an acute awareness of the sensual landscape
that amplifies his painterly imagery. Expressing himself as ardently in words as he does in paint on canvas, Bahgory offers another dimension of his creative spirit with Bahgory: An Egyptian
Artist's Words and Pictures.
