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He and wife Arwa, both jobless college
graduates, did painting in their spare time before coming up
with the idea of putting their hobby to more productive use.
"We wanted to display our paintings to the public in vital
places... Amid the coronavirus, we also wanted to make living,"
he told Reuters.
There are no art galleries in the territory, run by the Islamist
Hamas group since 2007.
However, some private and public institutions hosted exhibitions
before the start of the epidemic, which has infected 69 and led
to one death there.
Depicting mainly landscapes, flowers or portraits, Abu and
Arwa's paintings hang off the sides of the van, and he brings
out more from inside once he has parked it and crowds gather.
Three other local artists are also partners in the project and
over the past few weeks the couple say they have sold about 200
for between $4 and $10 each - comparatively large sums in a
sealed-off community where the unemployment rate is around 50%.
(Reporting by John Stonestreet)
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