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JOB:04-24941 Title:RP-Inside the World of Board Graphics
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Although Jeannie Chesser describes herself more as a surfer than as an artist,
her airbrushing skills make a separate and less modest statement. The fact is,
she does both rather well.
Growing up in Miami, Chesser started surfing as a young teen. She won
her first surfing contest a year after she started, and continued to excel in
competitive surfing. Married in 1967 and widowed three years later, she moved
to Hawaii with her infant son for a “new start and in search of more perfect waves,”
and has lived in Kaimuki since ...