Db Minor - Variation 7 — Acrylic on Wood Panel by Arnaud Quercy

About This Artwork

This work explores the visual translation of the Db minor triad through harmonic-chromatic mapping, where musical harmony becomes color relationships. Part of the Harmonic Crossing collection, the piece investigates how chord structures can manifest as spatial compositions, transforming auditory experience into visual form.

Blue tones dominate the composition, appearing throughout the surface in steelblue and cadetblue variations. Yellow and orange hues occupy substantial areas, creating warm counterpoints through steel gray, tan, and rosybrown passages. Dark accents in violet and red-orange provide structural definition, while bright yellow-orange notes punctuate key transitions. The acrylic medium allows these colors to layer and interact, building harmonic relationships across the painted surface.

The work measures 15.0 × 21.0 × 0.3 cm on wood panel, executed in acrylic with certificate number 20241201-0275. This compact format concentrates the harmonic-chromatic translation into an intimate study, where each color area corresponds to specific pitches within the Db minor harmonic structure. The piece represents Variation 7 within the broader research series examining musical-visual correspondences.