Man gets realistic picture of his boat painted on fence intended to hide it
A California man who was ordered to keep his boat out of sight has had the last laugh — by commissioning an artist to paint a realistic image of it on the fence that obscures it.
A California man who was ordered to keep his boat out of sight has had the last laugh, by commissioning an artist to paint a realistic image of it on the fence that obscures it.
Etienne Constable, from Seaside, California, was told in July last year by local government officials that he had to build a 6-foot fence to hide the boat from view of his neighbors.
But in a light-hearted jibe at officialdom, Constable decided to follow the directive, which said nothing about how the fence should be decorated, and asked local artist Hanif Panni to create a mural that makes it look as if the fence isn't there.
"I’m not a rule-breaker but I like to make a political statement as necessary as well as a humorous statement and a creative statement," he told NBC affiliate KSBW of Monterey Bay.
A speedboat mural is painted on a fence outside the home of Etienne Constable in Seaside, Calif., after the city ordered Mr. Constable to conceal his boat.via KSBWHe is yet to have had any contact from the city about the mural — but added that he considers it to be covered by the right to freedom of expression as enshrined in the First Amendment.
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