Banksy Yellow Line Flower Painter

This caused much hype & crowd gathering when it first appeared, and it did look good when freshly painted.
Located in Bethnal Green, it’s managed to stay this long as it’s been painted on the wall of a private property thus the council can’t buff it. Oddly unlike other peices around London, it’s not been protected with perspex. Suffice to say it’s been badly graffiti’d as noted very recently. There was much media speculation when it first appeared on the wall as to whether the ‘real’ banksy had been caught on film painting it — which you can prob find these articles on an internet search — however no defining answer was ever concluded, so the man is still as elusive as ever!
I headed out to witness it within days of it first appearing & it was fantastic to see so many other people of all ages also admiring it — all with big smiles on their faces. The size of the flower was really impressive & just beamed out in the otherwise grey & drab surroundings. So was sad to see it looking so beaten & scarred by the current tagging & graffiti marring it — but then –street art is never destined to have a long life.

I really like this one, painted on the side of a working man’s club, showing someone who should be painting yellow lines, but who’s gone off the rails a little and ended them with a big yellow flower. Words like ‘whimsical’ and ‘playful’ come to mind. Or you could make an argument for it being a statement for liberation from petty rules and regulations.
Apparently this appeared only 2 weeks after Tower Hamlets council had declared they would erase any work by Banksy. Unfortunately Banksy got permission to paint on this privately owned building To rub it in the piece includes an official looking stamp (now partially obscured) saying ‘Commissioned by Tower Hamlets’. They have however erased the extension from the street’s yellow lines to the lines of the flower. The pavement is now clean!
Again this one has a none-​Banksy addition. I get the impression Banksy takes other people’s additions as pretty much part of the game, and, though they are often just loutish, in this case I rather like it. It might not be artistically skilful, but the speech bubble is delightfully bizarre. Is the speaker really asking Ross Kemp for a walking race? LOL
I’ve been unable to find a definite story, but, thanks to Blondiee on Runner’s World forum, I did find someone on a Ross Kemp appreciation site who last year tried to set up a speed walking event with everyone dressed as Ross Kemp! Maybe that’s the source Or maybe there’s a few people out there who want to see Ross wiggle.