Banksy’s latest piece? Mystery pelican artwork spotted on London chippy | UK News

A suspected Banksy artwork has appeared in Walthamstow after four others were revealed this week.

The painting of what appears to be two pelicans eating fish was spotted atop the sign of Bonners Fish Bar in Walthamstow this morning.

It’s yet to be confirmed by the Bristol-based street artist, on his website or Instagram account, where he has nearly 13million followers.

But it appears to have been painted with the help of a cherry picker that appears identical to one spotted in the early hours of Monday at the site of Banksy’s first artwork this week. All five have been in a similar style.

A painting of a goat appeared balancing on a pillar with rocks falling off at Kew Green in Richmond on Monday.

Then two elephants appeared on Edith Terrace, Chelsea, where the average price of a home reached over £750,000 in the last year alone, according to RightMove.

On Wednesday it seemed a pattern was emerging, with three monkeys painted like they were swinging across a London Overground bridge over Brick Lane.

But that trend of rising numbers was broken yesterday when a lone wolf howling towards the sky appeared on a satellite dish on Rye Lane in Peckham.

The fourth artwork was stolen just an hour after it appeared when three men used a ladder to climb the roof and remove the dish.

People have been speculating about the artworks’ meaning all week as they’ve popped up across the capital from west to east.

‘Banksy is working towards a grand reveal or a big piece in the coming days’, Banksy expert Paul Gough told Metro.

The professor and vice chancellor at Arts University Bournemouth said: ‘What’s different this time is that Banksy usually leaves it a bit of time, keeps people guessing whether a piece of work is authentically his.

‘This time he is confirming it is his work straightaway, something we have not ever seen before.

‘The question I think is how long can he sustain this both on a creative level and on a level which keeps his audience interested.’

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