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The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Bob Shallit Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2004
By Bob Shallit, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 10--Most people dread layoffs. Not Daniel Mundy. When he got his pink slip from a big tech firm a couple years ago, he was "happy as a clam."
It meant he could dedicate himself full time to his artistic passions. It took awhile but Mundy is now on a roll. His paintings u a mix of representational and impressionistic California landscapes u are on display at the region's three Smith Galleries.
But more likely you've seen his work if you shop at the new Nugget Market in south Sacramento. He painted those inviting replicas of vintage fruit crate labels that hang in the store's produce section.
He's doing more of the same for the Nugget set to open...
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