The Garden Cottage

A cheerful painting of a garden cottage framed in flowers and sunlight.

A tightly cropped scene of a yellow cottage with white-trimmed window, pink blossoms, and picket fence, captured in vibrant oils.

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Details & Highlights

Title: The Garden Cottage
Series: Part of the Doors & Windows Series
Year Completed: 2020  
Dimensions: 6″ w x 6″ h x 0.5" w
Medium: Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas
Style: Realism / Representational Art 
Framing: Unframed, so you can personalize it your way
Signed: Yes, on the front 
Originality: Original — one-of-a-kind
Certificate of Authenticity: Customized, hand-signed and stamped with the artist’s personal embossed seal

Painting Description

A tightly cropped composition of a garden cottage in sunny hues of yellow, pink, and white makes this painting both distinctive and cheerful.

Warm sunlight and blooming petals draw the eye into this painting of The Garden Cottage, where architectural grace and garden detail come together in a serene, cheerful setting. Sunlight casts a gentle glow over the golden-yellow cottage, highlighting its classic, white-trimmed window. Pink flowers spill softly across the foreground, nestled behind a charming white picket fence. This cozy vignette evokes the tranquility of a summer morning in a peaceful countryside nook.

This oil painting is hand-rendered on gallery-wrapped canvas, allowing the image to extend around the edges for a clean, modern presentation. Measuring 6″ x 6″, the piece adds a cheerful burst of color and personality to any space—small in scale but rich in detail. The artwork is signed by artist Teresa Bernard in the lower left corner. It arrives unframed. Should you choose to frame it, the piece adapts beautifully to both rustic and contemporary settings. A signed Certificate of Authenticity is included with your purchase.

Part of Teresa Bernard’s Doors & Windows Series, this painting speaks to those moments when nature and structure coexist in quiet harmony. Whether you’re drawn to the architectural detail, the cheerful palette, or the peaceful garden scene, this original artwork offers a charming escape with every glance.

©️ teresabernardart.com is a copyright watermark and is used for online purposes only. It is not present on the actual canvas panting.

Artist Comments

I’ve always been drawn to the idea that simplicity can be deeply engaging—and ‘The Garden Cottage’ is a perfect example of that. For this piece, I intentionally cropped the scene tightly, choosing to leave out much of the surrounding environment so the viewer could focus on just a few meaningful elements: the white-trimmed window, the textured yellow siding, the soft cascade of flowers, and a cheerful picket fence. There’s something satisfying about letting those details speak for themselves without distraction.

This compositional approach isn’t new to me—it’s a technique I’ve used in several paintings where I want the viewer to feel pulled in close, almost like they’re standing within the scene. It’s a way to spotlight the everyday beauty found in architectural corners and quiet garden moments. I find that it creates a strong sense of intimacy, and in this painting, it worked just as I hoped.

Below, you’ll find other works where I’ve used this same cropped perspective to capture quiet charm from an intentionally narrowed point of view.

—Teresa Bernard

 

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