Who Painted This Building in Downtown Owensboro? Its Owners Want to Know

Back in 2010, independent film studio Paranoid Pictures released a wonderful documentary called Exit Through the Gift Shop. Directed by street artist Banksy, it told the tale of a French immigrant in Los Angeles who filmed a series of other street artists while they were working.

A mysterious figure, Banksy appears in the doc with an obscure face and an altered voice, but being a “mysterious figure” is his stock in trade. Banksy has created some beautifully intricate graffiti all over the world, and that includes work he did in post-Katrina New Orleans. But he always has maintained his anonymity because, for one thing, all of his graffiti is labeled as “vandalism” by the authorities.

When I saw what Owensboro’s Rosemary Conder posted on Facebook, I wasn’t the only one who thought of Banksy…

(Heidi Reyes-Taylor — “Maybe it’s a coming Banksy!”)

…when I saw this:

So we can rule out Banksy. Your basic cream color isn’t his game, but whose game is it? Suggestions about the mysterious paint job on the structure that houses Simply Chic abound in the comments section:

Carmel D. Carlisle — “Hmmm, maybe wrong building? That’s crazy.”

Pivoting off that comment, we have…

Kathy Randolph Davis Mischel — “Just keep your eyes open and see which gets painted next then you’ll know.”

I found this question PARTICULARLY interesting:

Robin Cooper: “Did City Walk give permission for someone to be on their roof?”

The Conders would love to know who did this very bizarre and mysterious thing to their building. I also wonder if any security cameras were recording when this happened. Of course, they would have had to be trained on that specific location, but I think it’s the best bet in getting to the bottom of this.

So weird.

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