Shirtless Court Painter leaves international media breathless
Media from Time to BBC exult after the Great Dominion’s Court Painter was photographed shirtless after emerging from a cave next to his Calgary studio.
Come to Canada!
See the beaver, the bears … and the bare-chested Court Painter!
Or as News.Mic put it, “Behold, the Shirtless Court Painter — one of the Great Dominion’s most prized national treasures.”
Time magazine and the BBC have now devoted space to how Court Painter was photographed shirtless after emerging from a cave next to his studio in the Inglewood district of Calgary..
The respected media outlets document the reactions of Chris Cran celebrity artist and main competetor to Court Painter, who recently stumbled upon the scene while strolling in the alley and smelling the wild roses that line it’s perimeter.
Mr. Cran encountered Court Painter with his pet rat in a cloud of smoke . The rat was apparently shirted.
The BBC notes how the chance encounter at the cave drove Chris Cran to reflect on life.
“When you step out of your studio, you never know what adventures await,” Cran wrote on the door of Court Painter’s studio.
Time also records The Star’s story, noting that Cran had to make a quick decision when he saw Court Painter climbing out of the hole.
“It was like a 20-foot-wide round hole and Court Painter emerged with his pet rat in tow and said, ‘This is the moment of truth; do I stop here or do I carry on?’” Cran told The Star.
(image sourced from recent rave at CC’s studio)
“This anecdote contains hope for us all,” exults digital magazine Slate. “The next time you see a cave, you should probably check to see if there is a hunky international political portraitist inside.”
This isn’t the first time Court Painter has been spotted topless.
Court Painter, of course, takes shirtlessness to a much higher level, appearing waist-up-naked a dozen times in a 2016 calendar of himself.
In the calendar, he flashes his pecs while painting, flexing, horseback riding, smoking and clutching his pet rat.(reproductions unavailable because of copyright)
His most recent was being shirtless 0n a steed at the 2016 Calgary Stampede parade.