Bb Major - Variations 19 — Acrylic on Paper by Arnaud Quercy

About This Artwork

This painting maps a piano étude onto color. Arnaud Quercy takes the Bb Major triad — spanning Bb1, Bb2, F3, F4, Bb4, D5, and D7 — and assigns each harmonic zone a color range. The Bb notes become violet moving toward black. The F notes become orange moving toward yellow-orange. The D notes become red-violet moving toward red. The work belongs to the Bb Major series within the Harmonic Crossing collection, which explores the cycle of fifths through acrylic painting on paper.

Warm yellow-orange tones fill most of the surface, organized into flat geometric blocks. Violet and red-violet areas occupy substantial portions of the composition, concentrated in vertical and curved forms toward the center and right. A deep black zone anchors the left edge. Orange appears as a bold half-circle near the center, its boundary meeting a gray form below. Red tones provide additional weight in the mid-left area. A pale warm cream sits at the top center, and two accent colors — a light yellow and a deep red-orange — appear at the edges of the composition. The forms are separated by thin drawn lines, keeping each color zone distinct. The acrylic is applied flat and opaque on paper, with no visible texture layering.

The work measures 21 × 30 cm and weighs 0.1 kg. It is painted in acrylic on paper. This is Variation 19 within the Bb Major series. The certificate number is 20261002-0194. The work was created on 2 October 2026 at the Rue du Dragon studio in Paris. It was first exhibited at Les Portes du Dragon, the open studio event at Art Quam Anima, Paris, from 2 to 4 October 2026. The work is currently available.