A Major - Variations 8 — Acrylic on Paper by Arnaud Quercy

About This Artwork

This work explores the visual translation of an A Major triad through chromesthetic mapping, where musical notes appear as their corresponding colors. Part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection, the piece transforms piano harmony into a geometric color study that makes sound relationships visible through precise color positioning.

Yellow-orange tones dominate the composition, appearing as burlywood and khaki forms that represent the A notes across different octaves. Blue-green areas create substantial presence through mediumturquoise rectangles, while steelblue provides the blue-violet foundation. White and bright yellow sections complete the harmonic structure, with small accent notes in cadetblue, skyblue, and darkseagreen adding chromatic detail. The colors organize into geometric shapes with dark gray outlines that define the spatial relationships between tones.

The work measures 10.5 × 15.0 cm on paper and weighs 0.1 kg, created using acrylic technique. Certificate of authenticity number 20251123-0063 accompanies the piece, with the artist's signature located at bottom right. The compact format presents seven resolved notes - Db4, Eb4, Db5, E5, A5, Db6, Db7 - as a spread voicing that opens harmonic intervals across multiple octaves, demonstrating how chord tones can be distributed spatially through color relationships.