E Minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 4 — Watercolor on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Watercolor on Paper, 10.0×15.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2025 — France
Where the E minor chord becomes visible through precise color translation
First exhibited at arnaudquercy.art, Paris, January 2025 — Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form.
This work entered a private collection in Oliveira do Mondego, Portugal, May 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.
Series: E minor
Part of Synesthetic Explorations · 9 works in this series
E minor
About This Artwork
This work explores the visual translation of the E minor triad through chromesthetic mapping, where musical harmony becomes color relationships. Part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection, the piece translates the E minor chord — E, G, B — into its corresponding color equivalents of yellow, red-orange, and yellow-green, creating a direct bridge between auditory and visual perception.
Orange tones dominate the composition, appearing throughout most of the surface as wheat and burnt sienna hues. Yellow-green areas create substantial presence through darkseagreen and steel gray colors, while neutral gainsboro and silver tones provide structural balance. Small accent notes of yellow-orange burlywood, red-orange rosybrown, and pure yellow tan create harmonic punctuation points that correspond to specific pitches in the extended voicing.
This watercolor on paper measures 10.0 × 15.0 cm and weighs minimal amounts suitable for intimate study. The work carries certificate of authenticity number 20250125-0054 and bears the artist's signature in the bottom right corner. Created in 2025 as part of Quercy's ongoing investigation into synesthetic translation, the piece demonstrates how musical structures can find direct visual equivalents through systematic color mapping.
Details & Provenance
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Watercolor on Paper
- Dimensions: 10.0×15.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2025, France
- Certificate: 20250125-0054
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0858 / 2025
Gallery Label
E Minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 4 Watercolor on Paper, 10.0×15.0cm Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0858 / 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.
