1.  On the Banksy / Devolved Parliament side, it seems understandable that, if someone had inside information, they might refrain from disclosing details on a public forum — to avoid betraying the trust given to them by the artist.



2.  Regarding Mason Storm, both his intention and modus operandi seem reasonably clear to me. This, even if we ignore his history of coattail-riding.

It's a case of looking at both paintings, seeing the considerable efforts of the Storm version to very faithfully replicate the Banksy and, notwithstanding the intentional small differences, being conscious this process would not have been followed to such degree if the Storm version were (as vaguely yet knowingly implied) an earlier study of the finished Banksy.


The same thing is evident when comparing Banksy's Vettriano, Beach Rescue with Storm's copy: a couple of deliberately noticeable differences, with the rest of it (cloud formations, sand shadows, etc.) being obvious parroting and just too similar to be a study:







Side note:

Interested members may wish to take the time and closely examine, as I have done, other paintings attributed to Mason Storm. You might share my strong suspicion that many of them were created by different hands — their execution having been outsourced to artists who can actually paint.



3.  If Stowe Gallery, as publisher and distributor of the release, wanted to demonstrate integrity, it could easily offer some clarification.

This would benefit collectors currently under the false impression that the painting on which the Mason Storm prints are based may have been a Banksy commission, or something other than a mere later copy of a section of Devolved Parliament.


The alternative for the gallery is to accept the risk of accusations of dishonesty from its clients — of selling them prints under cynically-implied false pretences.


Artlover has previously identified himself here as Jamie Marchant* of Marchant Group / Stowe Gallery. [printlove , based in Worcester, looks like it could be a duplicate account.]

Since Marchant will surely have had communications with Storm about the background of the painting in question, perhaps he would be kind enough to confirm it has no genuine connection to Banksy and that it was created after Devolved Parliament as a reproduction.

I think that everyone on here reads your posts. But whether everyone understands them is another story :-)

I think that everyone on here reads your posts. But whether everyone understands them is another story :-)

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Sold out !!

Sold out? Thought it is to be released on Friday the 13th?

I bet you don’t get one.