Watercolor Study in F Minor No. 3 — Watercolor on Paper by Arnaud Quercy

About This Artwork

Watercolor Study in F Minor No. 3 translates a piano chord into visual form. Arnaud Quercy works from a chromesthetic approach, converting specific musical pitches into color. The triad F2, D4, F4, F5 generates the palette here — red-violet moving toward gray, with blue and red as its components. This work belongs to the F minor series within the broader Synesthetic Explorations collection, which maps personal musical experience onto paper through watercolor.

Steel gray in several tonal variations covers most of the surface, establishing the dominant field. Warm orange tones — ranging from burnt sienna to a lighter salmon — occupy substantial areas on the left side of the composition. A red-violet block, dense and vertical, sits at the center-left, directly connecting the warm orange zone to the gray field. Dark gray and very dark red appear as accent notes, concentrated in linear marks and a small rectangular form near the lower center. Thin black lines extend vertically across the right portion of the composition, one ending in a small circular form at the top. The paper support is visible throughout, contributing texture to the gray areas. Watercolor is applied with visible variation in wash density across the surface.

The work measures 21 × 21 cm on paper and weighs 0.1 kg. It is the third work in the F minor series. The certificate number is 20260713-0123. The work was created on July 13, 2026, at the Rue du Dragon studio in Paris. It was exhibited at the Solabi Vare exhibition at Art Quam Anima, Paris, beginning May 30, 2026. The work was acquired by a collector in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on July 13, 2026, and is now sold.