Miki Warren hit international headlines last year when she painted a 30ft protest mural on a wall at the corner of Gibson Place and Erskine Place. The painting, which depicted a Guantanamo Bay prisoner sitting in a stress position with the caption "Disneyland Guantanamo. Where the fun never ends!" attracted compliments and criticism alike.

But the mural attracted visitors from across the country and made Miki a household name.

Now the former art student has given her support to a proposal made on the Review's website to build a wall for urban artists to ply their trade.

She said: "I think it's a great idea. If people used it and kept vandalism from other areas then that's great.

"Despite my background, I don't agree with vandalism and this would be a good suggestion. Anything that gets young people involved in art has got to be a good thing."

But Miki thinks there are some problems that would need to be overcome before the proposal could become a reality.

She said: "I'm not sure it would go down well with the conservative population of Montrose. I'm not sure where you'd put it either.

"I don't know how it would work with people maybe painting over other people's work – maybe it would have be painted down every month or something.

"But I'm sure that people would want to see what other people have done and it would be a draw."

A vote on the Review's website also revealed that 78% of respondents would support a legal graffiti wall in Montrose.

But the suggestion has received a lukewarm reception from the town's councillors.

Paul Valentine said that, while he wasn't totally against the proposal, he would have to see more details first before coming to any conclusion.

He said: "In principal it's a great idea. If it stops graffiti appearing on the sides of houses then yes, that's fine, but we have to make sure that is what would happen.

"My other concern is that if we have a wall – say for example in the High Street – would kids from Borrowfield come out to use it?

"The location would have to be right. For example we wouldn't want it in the High Street or the mid links because it wouldn't keep with the character of the area.

"It also depends on what form the graffiti takes."

Councillor Mark Salmond said his main concern would also be location, as he thinks such a scheme could meet with opposition from neighbours, but he said he wasn't totally against the idea.