Recent Banksy tree mural in North London defaced with white paint
The most recent work by the elusive street artist Banksy, located on Hornsey Road in London's Finsbury Park, has been vandalised with white paint, just three days after it was unveiled. Two distinct streaks of paint have been splattered across the green patches covering the side of the four-storey building. Created behind a pruned tree, the large spray-painted artwork aims to replicate the foliage of the tree, which has been severely cropped in a process known as pollarding - a method of pruning that restricts natural growth, according to RHS Gardening. Banksy officially claimed ownership of t...