Venet

Because the people who post on the italia. venezia.discussioni are often writing in Venet, I'm interested in trying to decode some of the basics.

Veniceblog: 2004

Because the people who post on the italia. venezia.discussioni are often writing in Venet, I'm interested in trying to decode some of the basics.

Venetian Dialect 2004

"We immediately did away with the big baroque-looking fireplace and old velvet curtains," Ms. Venet says.

Venet: A French Artist and His Domain Lanie Goodman 2011

"You know, an artist isn't someone who makes works to decorate bedrooms," says Mr. Venet.

Venet: A French Artist and His Domain Lanie Goodman 2011

These spontaneous "scribbles," as Mr. Venet calls them, are a tangle of raw emotion that begin as drawings, and are then cast into giant steel wall reliefs.

Venet: A French Artist and His Domain Lanie Goodman 2011

"There was a chicken coop here and piles of rusty train materials," recalls Mr. Venet.

Venet: A French Artist and His Domain Lanie Goodman 2011

Set back on a quiet country road that runs along the Nartuby River in Le Muy in southern France, the home of French artist Bernar Venet blends discreetly in with the other village houses.

Venet: A French Artist and His Domain Lanie Goodman 2011

"When I moved into my loft in New York in the '60s, I made my own furniture with plywood," Mr. Venet says.

Venet: A French Artist and His Domain Lanie Goodman 2011

The couple's winter home is the ivy-covered two-story stone manor house, "le Moulin" Mr. Venet painted the shutters an uncharacteristic black tinged with olive green, named after the century-old water mill in the basement that used to generate electricity.

Venet: A French Artist and His Domain Lanie Goodman 2011

The estate of Mr. Venet and his wife, Diane, is divided into different living and exhibition spaces.

Venet: A French Artist and His Domain Lanie Goodman 2011