E Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 7 — Watercolor on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Watercolor on Paper, 14.8×21.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2025 — France
Where musical harmony becomes visible through color
First exhibited at arnaudquercy.art, Paris, January 2025 — Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form.
This work entered a private collection in Brussels, Belgium, March 2026.
- ✓ 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: E Major
Part of Synesthetic Explorations · 12 works in this series
E Major
About This Artwork
This watercolor explores the visual translation of an E Major chord through chromesthetic perception, where musical pitches correspond to specific colors. Part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection, the work investigates how harmonic relationships in music can be expressed through color relationships on paper. The composition presents the E Major triad and its extensions as a spread voicing that opens across the pictorial space.
Silver and light gray tones dominate the composition, creating a luminous foundation that occupies substantial areas of the paper. Yellow ochre appears throughout the surface in various intensities, while blue-violet passages provide harmonic contrast through lightsteelblue and steel gray areas. Small accent notes of yellow-green, violet, orange, and red-orange create precise color punctuation against the broader tonal areas. The watercolor technique allows these colors to flow and blend naturally while maintaining distinct chromatic territories.
The work measures 14.8 × 21.0 cm on paper, signed at bottom right, with certificate of authenticity number 20250125-0022. The chromesthetic mapping translates specific pitches into corresponding color families, with the E Major chord structure becoming visible through the spatial arrangement of yellows, blues, and accent tones. This variation represents one exploration within a broader investigation of how musical harmony can be made tangible through visual means.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Watercolor on Paper
- Dimensions: 14.8×21.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2025, France
- Certificate: 20250125-0022
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0826 / 2025
Gallery Label
E Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 7 Watercolor on Paper, 14.8×21.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0826 / 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.
