D Minor 7 - Variations 6 — Acrylic on Paper by Arnaud Quercy

About This Artwork

This acrylic painting maps the D Minor 7 chord onto color. Each note in the chord — D0, D2, D3, A4, A5 — corresponds to a color zone: orange moving toward black, red-violet, yellow-orange, and red. The work belongs to the D minor 7 series and to the broader Harmonic Crossing collection, which uses the cycle of fifths as a structural framework for translating piano studies into visual form.

Warm yellow-orange tones fill most of the surface, ranging from pale tan and rosy beige through deeper, grayer ochres. These tones spread across the composition as a continuous ground. Saturated orange and russet areas appear in distinct geometric blocks — a vertical band, a triangular wedge, and a lower rectangular zone — creating clear separations between color fields. A large black form anchors the lower left, curving upward with a rounded edge. A muted purple-gray bar runs vertically through the center, separating the composition into left and right sections. In the lower right, a deep red-orange area carries the painting's most saturated accent. The composition is built from hard-edged geometric shapes with visible canvas texture throughout, painted in acrylic on paper.

The painting measures 21 × 15 cm and weighs 0.1 kg. It was made on 2 October 2026 at the Rue du Dragon studio in Paris. The work carries certificate number 20261002-0171. It was first shown publicly 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.