‘Les Banquesy’ paints puffin at Halfway bus shelter
GUERNSEY’S answer to Banksy – referred to by some islanders as ‘Les Banquesy’ – has been busy painting a puffin onto the left side of the bus shelter at the Halfway junction in St Sampson’s.
Local residents reported seeing a man drawing the outlines of the creation on Monday morning, and a man and a woman painting the puffin the following day.
St Sampson’s senior constable Leonie Le Tissier confirmed that the parish was aware of the artwork before it started, with painting beginning on Tuesday.
‘The artist wishes to remain anonymous, I think there is more [painting] to come.’
She said that there would be more news to follow on the painting.
‘It’s quite nice to keep people in suspense a bit longer,’ she said.
She added that what she had seen of the feedback had been quite positive.
‘It’s really nice to see people’s reactions,’ she said.
In a statement, a States Property Unit spokesman said that it had been approached for permission to paint the artwork on the external wall of the bus shelter.
‘We were pleased to give permission for this to take place and the mural will stay in place as long as it is in good condition,’ he said.
