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Article: Design is a taste of Margaritaville.(Front)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2007
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Byline: LES STEWART
By Les Stewart
Artist, Portsmouth, 55
I started in the T-shirt business in 1976. I took art in college, but I've been drawing almost since I was in diapers. I've printed and sold my own T-shirts for myself, done the artwork for someone else to sell, and worn T-shirts for 31 years.
God blessed me with a wonderful son, Nathan, who was raised, fed, clothed and educated by T-shirts. I was able to work at home and be Mr. Mom for him when he was young. Now, he is a professor of English at Christopher Newport University .
The designs I remember most have stories attached. I did a design for the official Statue ...