Family friend and local artist Danny Bench created the painting in honour of Nicola, whose body was found in the River Wyre on Sunday
The mum-of-two went missing on January 27 during a dog walk in St Michaels on Wyre after the morning school run. The 45-year-old's body was discovered in the River Wyre near Preston, Lancashire, on Sunday following a major search effort lasting more than three weeks.
He attended William de Ferrers School with Nicola and Danny, 48, was friends with Nicola's sister Louise Cunningham, who approved the work before he started. He took two days off work after realising he had to do something to mark Nicola's passing. Danny moved to Leigh-on-Sea in Southend around six months ago but is still well-known in his hometown, having found a love for street art while still at school. He takes commissions from the likes of Liverpool FC and Red Bull nowadays but said a tribute to Nicola was for free for his local community.
"I didn’t want to do it off my own back so I messaged her and said I want to do a piece for Nicola and she said, I’d love that," he said. The wall, outside a One Stop shop, has been used by Danny before to create pieces for Remembrance Sunday. Referring to the Nicola mural, he continued: "There’s loads of pictures being posted of her, obviously, and I just went for that one where she’s got a nice smile, put it in Photoshop, changed it to black and white and then just did the black background with the heart, I just wanted to keep it quite simple, really.
"I’m busy and I’ve got to work seven days a week, but I just took a couple of days off," he said. I spent a lot longer on this one, I spent a bit more time. Every artist is never happy with his work. I’m pretty happy with this one. I probably could have done a little bit more.
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