Caribbean Rhythms — Gouache on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Gouache on Paper, 21.0×30.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2023 — France
Where Caribbean music becomes visible through color and movement
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Gouache on Paper
- Dimensions: 21.0×30.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2023, France
- Certificate: 20231231-0006
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0419 / 2023
- ✓ Original artwork, hand-painted by Arnaud Quercy
- ✓ Certificate of authenticity included
Arnaud Quercy is a Parisian artist working across painting, music, and sculpture. His practice is grounded in Ideamorphism — the principle that a work of art does not carry meaning, but triggers it. Each piece is engineered to diffract differently through each person who encounters it.
He creates and exhibits at Art Quam Anima, his gallery-atelier at 28 rue du Dragon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris.
About This Artwork
This vibrant gouache painting explores the dynamic energy and rhythmic patterns of Caribbean culture through bold color relationships and flowing forms. Part of the Untamed Creations collection, the work captures the spontaneous spirit of tropical music and movement through expressive brushwork and layered color harmonies.
Warm orange tones dominate the composition, flowing through interconnected shapes that suggest musical instruments and dancing figures. Deep burnt sienna and russet create substantial areas of contrast, while black outlines define the central forms with confident strokes. Blue-violet accents appear in smaller sections, providing cool counterpoints to the predominantly warm palette. The gouache medium allows colors to maintain their intensity while creating smooth transitions between adjacent areas.
The work measures 21.0 × 30.0 cm on paper, making it a compact yet impactful piece. Certificate of authenticity number 20231231-0006 accompanies the painting, with the artist's signature located on the back. The vertical format emphasizes the upward movement of the composition's rhythmic elements.
Where this work lives
Provenance
- Origin: Arnaud Quercy, Paris, France, 2023
- Acquired: 2026-05-06 — Private collection — California, USA during Through the Aperture — Research on Harmony
- Collection: Untamed Creations
- Technique: Gouache
Exhibitions 11
- Transcendence – World Premiere of Ephemera Arts (2023-10-29 → 2023-11-15, Koblenzer Kunstverein e.V., Koblenz)
- Rencontres au Marché de la Création (2024-04-23 → 2024-12-31, Marché de la Création – Paris Montparnasse, Paris)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose, Paris (2024-12-26 → 2025-01-05, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form (2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31, arnaudquercy.art, Paris)
- Paris Studio Visit (2025-02-18 → 2025-02-18, Artist's Studio, Paris)
- Marché d'Art Contemporain – Seine Port (2025-05-17 → 2025-05-17, MAC Seine-Port, Seine-Port)
- Nuit des Artistes, St Germain-en-Laye, France (2025-05-24 → 2025-05-24, La Nuit des Artistes, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Marché de l'Art de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 17ème édition – France (2025-06-14 → 2025-06-14, Marché de l'Art, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose 2025–2026, Paris (2025-12-26 → 2026-01-04, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Art Quam Anima – Pre-opening (2026-01-31 → 2026-02-28, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
- Through the Aperture — Research on Harmony (2026-03-09 → 2026-05-30, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
Documented at 4
- Catalogue Raisonné — Caribbean Rhythms — Caribbean Rhythms — Gouache Composition — Arnaud Quercy (2023)
- Nanopublication — Caribbean Rhythms — Digital Image Documentation - aqc0419_img_full_1366x2048_webp
- Nanopublication — Caribbean Rhythms — Physical Specifications
- Nanopublication — Caribbean Rhythms — Computational Image Analysis - AQC0419
