Bb Major - Variations 11 — Acrylic on Paper by Arnaud Quercy

About This Artwork

This painting translates a piano étude into color. Arnaud Quercy maps the Bb Major triad — Bb1, F4, Bb4, D5 — onto a visual field using a harmonic-chromatic system drawn from piano studies and cycle of fifth mapping. The work belongs to the Bb Major series within the Harmonic Crossing collection, where each piece treats a musical chord as a set of color relationships rather than sonic ones.

Warm neutral tones — ranging from pale silver to steel gray — fill the largest areas of the composition. These yellow-orange grounds establish the base field against which the other colors operate. Red-violet tones occupy a substantial portion of the surface, moving from a muted dusty mauve toward deeper, darker values. A near-black zone anchors the lower register of the composition, grounding the warmer passages above it. Vivid orange appears in two distinct blocks — one taller and more saturated in the upper section, one smaller and brighter at the base — providing the sharpest contrast in the work. A cool blue-gray panel runs along the right edge, separating the central color field from the painting's border. Black line work defines the boundaries between zones, giving the composition a structured, geometric character. The paint is acrylic on paper, applied with flat, opaque coverage.

This work measures 18 × 13 cm and weighs 0.1 kg. It is the eleventh variation in the Bb Major series. The painting was created on 2 October 2026 at the Rue du Dragon studio in Paris and shown the same day at Les Portes du Dragon, the open studio event at Art Quam Anima, Paris, running through 4 October 2026. It carries certificate number 20261002-0159 and is currently available.