ARTIST STATEMENT

Basil El Halwagy uses automatic drawing to embody a creative dialogue between himself, his work and the world around him. El Halwagy's works on paper explore stages in the creative process through which the individual artist passes. Fascinated by change and how individual actions affect entire communities, El Halwagy also uses art to place the artist's metamorphosis within context of her/his changing environment. By examining how ' artist' and context are shaped by our sciences and spirituality, El Halwagy's drawings narrate an exploration of creativity that allegorizes human history.