Father Was The Free-est Man Alive

Market places meant sovereignty to my family and my father who found freedom in being his own boss. festivals as a source of sovereign economics became my way to connect before the internet. Traveling from Festival to festival with product worth it's weight in gold, My Voice. 

Doc Stewarts Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner was my Daddies Gold, he was a demonstration sales man you could hear him before you could see him and you would smile before you would frown. He always gave you an offer you couldn't refuse with a smile truly Golden. I get my charm and grin from him. My mother recalls his velvet voice being heard over the department store intercom of the Lit Brothers, In Philadelphia prior to meeting and birthing me.  

 

 

A Puppeteer, Comedian and Visual Artist, Paul Stewart / Paul Nicholson after taking his stepfathers name, Doc Stewart was responsible for the art that was the "Shoe Giant" Which adorned the Lancaster Avenue Sneaker Store to the popularity of the opening scene of "Trading Places" an 80's Eddie Murphy film. He was a pitchman in the forming stages of casino development in Atlantic City and las Vegas. Paul became a boardwalk auctioneer, formulated the elements of timeshare and created a winning cleaning formula that drove his "As Seen on tv" demonstration sales shop in pennsauken nj and became his number one selling product. Doc was also a bass player and songwriter with childhood comrad, James Soloman. His Joy was the creation of the Dr. Cupcakes Marionette Theater where he hand crafted and hand strung the marionettes in an array of characters to present stories for children of all ages.