Arches of Porto Venere — Watercolor on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Watercolor on Paper, 15.0×21.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2024 — France
Where Italian coastal architecture becomes pure color and form
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Watercolor on Paper
- Dimensions: 15.0×21.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2024, France
- Certificate: 20241205-0299
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0802 / 2024
- ✓ 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
Arches of Porto Venere explores the architectural essence of the Italian Riviera through abstract watercolor interpretation. Part of the Mediterranean Echoes collection, this work transforms the historic stone arches of Porto Venere into a geometric composition that captures both structural form and coastal atmosphere.
Gray tones dominate the composition, creating a foundation that evokes weathered stone and Mediterranean light. Yellow-tinged grays appear throughout substantial areas, suggesting sunlit masonry, while cooler blue-gray accents provide depth and shadow. Violet-tinted passages occupy notable portions of the upper areas, creating atmospheric perspective. The watercolor technique allows colors to blend and layer naturally, with wet-on-dry applications creating defined architectural edges alongside softer atmospheric transitions.
The work measures 15.0 × 21.0 cm on paper, making it part of Quercy's small-format architectural studies. Certificate of authenticity number 20241205-0299 accompanies the piece. Created in 2024 as part of the Mediterranean Echoes series, it represents the artist's ongoing exploration of coastal European architecture through watercolor abstraction.
Where this work lives
Provenance
- Origin: Arnaud Quercy, Paris, France, 2024
- Acquired: 2025-05-18 — Private collection — Saint-Michel-le-Cloucq, France
