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...