Twilight Play - The Quiet Hour
Physical Details
- Medium: Watercolor on Paper
- Dimensions: 21.0 × 29.5 cm
- Weight: 0.0 kg
- Date: 2023
- Location: France
- Certificate of Authenticity: N°20231224-0090
- Catalogue Number: AQC0503
- Collection: Mediterranean Echoes
- Availability: Sold
Provenance
- Origin: Arnaud Quercy, Paris, France, 2023
- Acquired: 2026-06-07 — Private collection — Henderson, USA during Through the Aperture — Research on Harmony
Description
In 'Twilight Play: The Quiet Hour,' I humbly present a watercolor tableau capturing the ephemeral tranquility of a kindergarten at day's end. This piece is my visual homage to the lyrical world of Shel Silverstein's poem 'Where the Sidewalk Ends.' My abstract composition, with its interplay of warm oranges, soothing purples, and grounding browns, seeks to evoke the soft and white grass, the crimson bright sun, and the peppermint wind from Silverstein's cherished verses. This painting, inspired by the poem, invites viewers to a place beyond the black smoke and winding dark streets, into a realm where the imagination of children reigns—a place marked by their knowing. The work reflects the measured and slow walk towards the ineffable space where the sidewalk ends, where the rigid structures of both the physical and metaphorical cityscape give way to the boundless landscapes of dreams and dusk.
Where this work lives
- Series: Songs of the Rambla
- Collection: Mediterranean Echoes
- Technique: Watercolor
Exhibitions
- Transcendence – World Premiere of Ephemera Arts (2023-10-29 → 2023-11-15, Koblenzer Kunstverein e.V., Koblenz)
- Rencontres au Marché de la Création (2024-04-23 → 2024-12-31, Marché de la Création – Paris Montparnasse, Paris)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose, Paris (2024-12-26 → 2025-01-05, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form (2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31, arnaudquercy.art, Paris)
- Paris Studio Visit (2025-02-18 → 2025-02-18, Artist's Studio, Paris)
- Marché d'Art Contemporain – Seine Port (2025-05-17 → 2025-05-17, MAC Seine-Port, Seine-Port)
- Nuit des Artistes, St Germain-en-Laye, France (2025-05-24 → 2025-05-24, La Nuit des Artistes, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Marché de l'Art de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 17ème édition – France (2025-06-14 → 2025-06-14, Marché de l'Art, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose 2025–2026, Paris (2025-12-26 → 2026-01-04, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Art Quam Anima – Pre-opening (2026-01-31 → 2026-02-28, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
- Through the Aperture — Research on Harmony (2026-03-09 → 2026-05-30, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
Other works in this series
- The guitar, Inspiration
- Morning cuddle
- A woman in her sundress
- The Woman Singing, Barcelona
- A woman on the beach
- The heart of the traveller
- Quiet Embrace
- Terraces of Ronda - Ancient Path
Documented at
- Gallery — Twilight Play - The Quiet Hour
- Nanopublication — Twilight Play - The Quiet Hour — Digital Image Documentation - aqc0503_img_full_526x526_webp
- Nanopublication — Twilight Play - The Quiet Hour — Physical Specifications
- Nanopublication — Twilight Play - The Quiet Hour — Computational Image Analysis - AQC0503
Thematic Elements
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Technical Notes
- Format: Small
- Type: Painting
- Image resolution: 526x526 px
Page Information
- Last updated : 2026-06-11
- Language: EN | Version française
