F Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 5 — Acrylic on Wood Panel by Arnaud Quercy
Acrylic on Wood Panel, 21.0×30.0×0.3cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2024 — France
Where music becomes visible — the F Major chord you can see
- ✓ 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.
Series: F Major
Part of Synesthetic Explorations · 14 works in this series
F Major
About This Artwork
This work explores the visual translation of F Major harmony through chromesthetic mapping, part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection. The painting transforms the fundamental F Major triad into its color equivalent, where musical tones become visible as specific hues and spatial relationships. The composition presents the chord F, A, C as violet, yellow-orange, and red-orange tones arranged in a spread voicing across the surface.
Red-orange tones dominate the composition, appearing in nearly half the surface area through warm russet and brown hues that create the harmonic foundation. These colors represent the chord's root and fifth tones translated through chromesthetic perception. Yellow-orange areas provide substantial presence in silver and steel gray tones, while deep violet appears as very dark gray, establishing the complete harmonic structure. The geometric forms organize these color relationships into overlapping planes and angular sections that suggest the intervallic distances between chord tones.
The work measures 21 × 30 × 0.3 cm and uses acrylic on wood panel, creating a compact study suitable for close examination of the color-sound relationships. Certificate of authenticity number 20241201-0256 accompanies the piece. The painting demonstrates how musical harmony can be made visible through systematic color translation, offering a tangible representation of abstract tonal relationships that exist primarily in auditory experience.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Acrylic on Wood Panel
- Dimensions: 21.0×30.0×0.3cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2024, France
- Certificate: 20241201-0256
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0759 / 2024
Gallery Label
F Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 5 Acrylic on Wood Panel, 21.0×30.0×0.3cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0759 / 2024
Materials & Technique
This painting is created using professional-grade acrylic paints, known for their vibrant color saturation and excellent lightfastness. Acrylic allows for both thick impasto techniques and thin glazing layers.
The work is executed on wood panel, primed for optimal paint adhesion and longevity. Each piece is signed by the artist and includes a certificate of authenticity with unique registration number.
Collection Notice
This work is part of the artist's permanent collection and is not available for acquisition.
