EXCLUSIVE: Baanksy the World's only painting sheep has been kidnapped from his animal sanctuary in South Africa. Owner Joanne Lefson, 53, (seen in a number of the photos) is offering a $62,000 reward for his safe return. The waoolly whiz, named after notorious British street artist and activist Banksy, was last seen on 1 February. Founder and Director of the farm, Joanne, says: "A family visiting from the UK had booked a commission from Baanksy on 2 February, but he didn't arrive at his art studio. We went looking for him and filed a police report. We don't have any leads to go on. We had a smaller reward last week but now we have upped it to R1.2 million because we want clarification on what happened. He was either stolen, but there were no signs of a break-in, or out somewhere roaming the Winelands. We don't know why this particular sheep went ?missing when we have ten of them.", Lefson says Baanksy, whose paintings sell all over the world, was rescued from the side of the road in the Karoo – an intensive sheep farming region of South Africa. Farm Sanctuary SA became a well-known Franschhoek landmark as the home of Pigcasso, a painting pig who was saved from the slaughterhouse in 2016 that later became the most accomplished animal artists in history. To the dismay of fans worldwide and the over 111 000 social media users who followed her on Instagram, Pigcasso, sadly died of chronic rheumatoid arthritis last year. "As a vulnerable lamb, Baanksy was kept near Pigcasso's art studio, and he would often watch Pigcasso paint," the sanctuary explained. "One day in 2024 when the sheep was being sheared, a brush was needed to clear the hair from the shearer's blade. One of Pigcasso's brushes was used and left in the stall., Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg confirmed they are investigating a stock theft case, saying: "According to the complainant, she left the sheep on 1 February at about 5pm and when she returned the following day, at about 9.15am, she noticed the sheep was missing. No arrests have been made yet.".18 Feb 2025,Image: 966088650, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO South Africa, United Kingdom, Model Release: no, Pictured: BaanksyFoto: Profimedia

Najditelju ponujajo 60.000 evrov nagrade. Foto: Profimedia

Pogrešajo najbolj znanega ovna na svetu, ki ima poseben talent za slikanje

Intenzivno iskanje najbolj slavnega umetnika med ovcami še vedno ni obrodilo sadov. Baanksy, oven s posebnim talentom za slikanje, je izginil 1. februarja in od takrat ni nobene sledi za njim.

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V zavetišču Farm Sanctuary v Južni Afriki, kjer je živel, so najditelju ponudili 60.000 evrov nagrade. Sprožili so policijsko preiskavo, prosili javnost za pomoč, iščejo ga številni prostovoljci, a vse zaman.

Je pobegnil ali so ga ukradli?

To je glavno vprašanje, ki si ga postavljajo vsi, ki spremljajo njegovo zgodbo.

Čeprav ovce običajno ne zbežijo daleč, bi se lahko Baanksy izgubil ali pa ga je kdo nehote obdržal, ne vedoč, kdo je. Glede na to, da se njegove slike prodajajo za približno 1800 evrov na kos, obstaja možnost, da je tarča preračunljivih tatov, ki so želeli izkoristiti njegovo umetniško vrednost.

Zanimivo je, da ga je zlahka prepoznati – zaradi umetniške dejavnosti ima obarvana kopita, saj med slikanjem pogosto stopi v barve. 

Oven, ki je postal umetnik

Baanksy ni prva žival, ki je navdušila svet s svojimi slikami. Pred njim je to uspelo slavni pujsi Pigcasso, ki je s čopičem v gobcu ustvarjala umetnine, prodajane po vsem svetu. Pigcasso naj bi dokazala, da so živali sposobne ustvarjati, kar je pritegnilo pozornost umetniškega sveta.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Baanksy pa je imel drugačno pot – ni začel slikati instinktivno, ampak se je priučil. Dolgo je spremljal Pigcasso pri njenem delu in nato tudi sam vzel čopič v usta ter poskusil. V zavetišču so ga po smrti Pigcasso predstavili kot njenega naslednika, njegove slike pa so hitro pridobivale vrednost.

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