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Step into the vibrant world of Vivian Reiss—an artist, designer, urban farmer, and culinary creator. In this exclusive video interview by her son Joel Garten, filmed in her extraordinary Toronto garden, she shares insights into her gardening inspirations and the unique recipes she’s crafted using over 100 edible plants. From towering 16-foot broom corn to…
Driving back from The Stratford Festival on Sunday amongst endless grain fields stood a blueberry farm. Of course, I had to stop. The farmer convinced me that I wanted to buy all the rest of his bounty since he wanted to close for the day. A deal was struck for the rest of his gorgeous berries. I…
If only I had a last name that sounded fabulous spelled backwards. Arnold Issacs had such luck. In 1954 he was commissioned to create 10 dresses for a General Motors magazine ad. He charged $1,000 per dress, a vast sum in the fifties, and insisted that his name be emboldened in each ad. As the…
“Joel’s multi-layered music sweeps you away. He paints rich and mysterious mental landscapes and magically creates awesome sculptural shapes in your mind’s eye that continually transform and mesmerize… This is like NOTHING you’ve ever heard!” that was guest Jeanne Beker’s comment after Joel’s salon style concert at my home. www.joelgarten.com and you can hear some…
Early this Spring a very stylish and beautiful woman came to my studio to buy a painting.Her name is Christina. As we looked through some of my portraits her equally stylish and handsome husband asked if I could do his wife’s portrait. Thus began the painting you see today. The next day when Christina arrived at…