TORONTO -- Just in time for Valentine鈥檚 Day, renowned graffiti artist Banksy has owned up to a piece of artwork depicting a girl firing red flowers from a slingshot that mysteriously appeared on the side of a building in England Thursday morning.
The artwork features a spray-painted stencil of a young girl firing a slingshot of red flower petals at the wall of a house on Marsh Lane in Bristol鈥檚 Barton Hill neighbourhood.
The unexpected piece was first noticed by passersby on Thursday morning.
, the Bristol Somali Community Association said they woke up to 鈥渞emarkable mural art painted on one of the houses鈥� in the area.
鈥淲e hope it鈥檚 Banksy鈥檚 work,鈥� the group wrote in the post.
The association鈥檚 hopes were confirmed at midnight on Valentine鈥檚 Day when two photos of the artwork were shared on with no other caption.
According to local media, the artwork was painted on a rental home owned by a man named Edwin Simons. His daughter, Kelly Woodruff, spoke to The Guardian about the piece after learning about it on Facebook.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been down here all day and it鈥檚 just been a complete buzz of excitement,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e naming it the Valentine鈥檚 Banksy. It鈥檚 incredible and beautiful.鈥�
The family is hoping to preserve the piece by putting glass over it, Woodruff said.
