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Two springs ago, the New Orleans Film Society had a special showing of the Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts for 2006. One of them was West Bank Story. It is a musical comedy. The story concerns two competing fast-food falafel stands in the West Bank. An Israeli soldier, David, falls in love with a Palestinian cashier, Fatima. I enjoyed the film enough that I wanted to make a painting based on the short film.


acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

The uniforms of the Israeli restaurant were blue and white and the uniforms of the Palestinian restaurant were red, green and white. I divided my design into four parts. The top two are simplified versions of the hats and the bottom-two are simplified versions of the shirts - one with a tie and another with a vest. So, there you have the tale of this painting.