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Article: MONET CAN BUY HAPPINESS LEAVING THE WORLD OF FINANCE, FLORIDA MAN FOLLOWS HIS DREAM OF RE-CREATING THE PAINTER'S FAMED GARDENS.(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 17, 1997
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Byline: TERESA ANNAS, STAFF WRITER
GRAYTON BEACH, FLA. -- ALONG FLORIDA'S Panhandle, a pocket of calm exists amid the populous beachfront resorts.
There, in the tiny coastal village Grayton Beach, Jonathan Quinn has built his bliss - an oasis of quietude called Monet, Monet. Part garden shop/nursery, part homage to the French Impressionist painter, it is evidence of one man's triumph over convention.
``What's remarkable is that I did it. I actually did it,'' said Quinn, speaking on the phone from his shop.
People who knew him before, as a shy financial consultant in Kansas City, Mo., can't believe the transformation, he said. Now, he's ...