Ab Octaves - Reflexions 33 — Watercolor on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Watercolor on Paper, 10.0×15.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2025 — France
Where musical octaves become visible through color harmony
First exhibited at arnaudquercy.art, Paris, January 2025 — Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form.
This work entered a private collection in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, February 2025.
- ✓ 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 watercolor explores the note Ab in octaves through chromesthetic translation, converting musical intervals into visual color relationships. Part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection, the work bridges auditory and visual perception by mapping the harmonic structure of Ab octaves onto a geometric composition. The piece investigates how musical intervals can find expression through color families and spatial arrangements.
The composition organizes blue-violet tones throughout the geometric forms, with orange and yellow-orange areas providing harmonic contrast. Light gray and silver tones dominate the background spaces, while a small red accent appears as a precise color note within the structure. The watercolor technique allows colors to blend at their boundaries, creating smooth transitions that mirror the acoustic relationships between octave intervals. Black linear elements define the geometric boundaries and establish the compositional framework.
This watercolor measures 10.0 × 15.0 cm and weighs minimal as a paper-based work. The piece carries certificate of authenticity number 20250125-0041 and bears the artist's signature at bottom right. As part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection, it demonstrates Quercy's systematic approach to translating musical structures into visual compositions through color theory and geometric organization.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Watercolor on Paper
- Dimensions: 10.0×15.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2025, France
- Certificate: 20250125-0041
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0845 / 2025
Gallery Label
Ab Octaves - Reflexions 33 Watercolor on Paper, 10.0×15.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0845 / 2025
Materials & Technique
This painting is created using artist-grade watercolor pigments on acid-free, archival paper. Watercolor's transparency creates luminous effects as light passes through the pigment layers to reflect off the white paper beneath.
The work demonstrates careful control of water and pigment to achieve both soft washes and precise details. Each piece is signed by the artist and includes a certificate of authenticity with unique registration number.
Provenance
This work is held in a private collection. Provenance and exhibition history are maintained in the gallery archives.
