{"id":3482,"date":"2017-07-13T23:09:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T23:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=3482"},"modified":"2017-07-14T00:06:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T00:06:57","slug":"beware-of-selfies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=3482","title":{"rendered":"Beware of Selfies"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"headerStory col650 \">\n<hgroup class=\"clearfix\">\n<h1 class=\"title zero entry-title\">Police warn Calgarians not to take selfies with Court Painter<\/h1>\n<\/hgroup>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<div id=\"storytext\" class=\"content wrapStyle col430\">\n<figure class=\"clearfix legend\"><figcaption><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3660 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-3-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figcaption><figcaption id=\"photoCaption\"><em>An errant Inglewood artist , identified as Court Painter attempts to lick the windshield of a parked vehicle near his studio.<\/em><\/figcaption><figcaption><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3676\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-7-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-7.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"socialAside col210\">\n<section class=\"sharingTools\">\n<div class=\"clearfix social_stuff_1\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"mainContent\">\n<p>It should be fairly obvious to anyone not to approach Court Painter but Calgary police drove the point home Thursday after reports surfaced that this gangly ungulate like painter was roaming in the area of Inglewood among the hipsters and neo bohemians attempting to lick the windshields of cars. Police felt it necessary to advise since this was the source of much amusement on \u00a0Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3661 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-2-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that you have to discourage people from taking selfies with Court Painter is hysterical to me. You can&#8217;t fix stupid, but thank you for trying,\u201d shouted Chris Cran to his ungulate friend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3664\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CC-Dear-head-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CC-Dear-head-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CC-Dear-head.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually, it&#8217;s kind of sad ..so sad&#8230;.that people have to be told not to take a selfie with Court Painter. What happened to common sense?\u201d uttered A Girl Named Robin clutching her blind canine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3665\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/J-R-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/J-R-copy.jpg 649w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/J-R-copy-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While you might not see a 70+ year old gangly animal like painter lumbering around an Inglewood intersection every day, it&#8217;s not uncommon\u00a0for him to visit the side streets and offer to clean your windshield for a loonie&#8230;with his tongue!<\/p>\n<p>In March 2016 he was caught trotting near the Canadian Tire in Shawnessy. He was later bribed with a Tim Hortons double double and subdued near the Superstore with plastic cuffs.<\/p>\n<p>Two months later, Fish and Wildlife Art officers gave chase while Court Painter spent three hours wandering around McKnight Boulevard and northwest Calgary seeking out shattered windshields.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3662 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-768x538.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Authorities finally tracked and tranquillized him in Thorncliffe.<\/p>\n<p>He had to be tranquilized and relocated back to his studio once again.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt.Preston ,a digital communications team member\u00a0on loan from the Banff North West Mounted Police detachment, understands why Facebook selfie posts would earn a few guffaws, but hopes people take it seriously.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3675 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-8-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the case of Thursday&#8217;s Court Painter romp, officers who&#8217;d been tracking him called in the request to spread the word to rubber-necking photographers who had stopped to snap off some shots as the ungulate like painter approached yet another car with his tongue out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3659 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-4-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were getting close enough where it was causing it a bit of stress,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>For the masses of phone photographers out there, Sgt Preston taking a break from signing autographs had this message: &#8220;It might look like a good Instagram photo but you&#8217;re putting your selves at significant risk of harm to get it.Court Painter is particularly agitated during Stampede Week&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3657 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1066\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-6.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The warning doesn&#8217;t begin and end with Court Painter, either. &#8220;Many Calgary artists especially performers with the One Yellow Rabbit theatre group \u2014 it&#8217;s best you do not get too close, for your own sake. They have a tendency to hump your leg if they take a shine to you.&#8221; tittered Sgt Preston.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re kind of a wildlife art city, we have artists of all kinds coming and going through the green spaces especially at Stampede time. Trying to get a picture of them is not worth it. They&#8217;re like wild bohemian animals and they&#8217;re going to act like wild bohemian animals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3658 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-5-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cp-car-5-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is unknown if everyone heeded Thursday&#8217;s warning, but it can be confirmed no Court Painter videos had been uploaded in the Calgary area Thursday. Highly unusual since Court Painter is such a media hound.<\/p>\n<p>Court Painter refused to give an interview or be photographed in his slovenly studio claiming he had the vapours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police warn Calgarians not to take selfies with Court Painter An errant Inglewood artist , identified as Court Painter attempts to lick the windshield of a parked vehicle near his studio. 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