Retour en Provence by Alain Bédard, 30 × 36 inch acrylic on canvas with cream houses, planted rows and a garden of red, yellow, white and purple flowers.
Alain Bédard

Retour en Provence

30" x 36"

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Acrylic on Canvas

Unframed on a ¾" deep canvas; framing is available separately.

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About the Artwork

Retour en Provence is a 30" × 36" original acrylic on canvas painting by Alain Bédard.

Retour en Provence places a cluster of cream and ochre houses beyond a densely flowered foreground. Red blooms, small yellow sunflowers, white flower heads and tall purple spikes rise from overlapping green stems, forming a loose, abundant border against the open lawn. At right, orderly planted rows lead diagonally towards the red door of the largest house, drawing the eye from the garden into the architecture.

Slender dark trees punctuate the buildings, while low hills extend across the left background beneath a broad blue sky. Bédard balances the garden’s varied shapes and colours with repeated windows, red shutters and tiled roofs. The contrast between freely scattered flowers and precisely aligned rows gives the landscape its particular structure.

Dimensions and Details

  • Title: Retour en Provence
  • Artist: Alain Bédard
  • Year: 2026
  • Size: 30" × 36" × ¾" (76.2 × 91.4 × 1.9 cm)
  • Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
  • Signature: Signed and dated 2026
  • Display: Unframed on a ¾" deep canvas; framing is available separately.

Acquisition Enquiries

Retour en Provence is an original acrylic on canvas painting sold through West End Gallery. For information about other available works by Alain Bédard, please contact the gallery.

Accessibility Description

A horizontal landscape with cream and yellow houses, red-brown roofs, dark windows and red shutters across the middle distance. The largest house stands at right, with planted rows extending diagonally from its doorway towards the foreground. A green lawn separates the houses from a dense garden of red, yellow, white, purple and blue flowers. Slender dark green trees flank the buildings. Low hills rise at left beneath a blue sky with white clouds.

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Offered by West End Gallery, representing Alain Bédard.

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