T. Jearn - Amethyst Ascension

Tatjana Jermolajeva — 紫水晶升华，2021
From darkness, colour rises.
Artwork Information
Artist: Tatjana Jermolajeva — Tana Jerm
Title: Amethyst Ascension
Year: 2021
Series: The Art of Becoming
Medium: Acrylic and fluid pouring on 100% cotton canvas
Dimensions: 50 × 40 × 3 cm
Dimensions in inches: 19.7 × 15.7 × 1.2 in
Orientation: Vertical
Rarity: Unique original artwork — 1/1
Condition: Excellent
Signature: Hand-signed by the artist on the front; signed, titled, dated and inscribed on the reverse
Presentation: Professionally stretched on its solid hardwood stretcher, 3 cm deep
Frame: No exterior decorative frame
Installation: Ready to hang
Certificate of Authenticity: Included — issued by Abstract Art Gallery
Guarantee: Lifetime authenticity and provenance guarantee provided by Abstract Art Gallery under the applicable terms
Provenance: Abstract Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia
Unique identifier: AAG-TJ-AA-2021-001
About the Artwork
Amethyst Ascension is a unique original painting created in 2021 by Latvian contemporary artist Tatjana Jermolajeva, professionally known as Tana Jerm.

Across the vertical canvas, amethyst purple, lavender, ivory, deep black and luminous gold-toned passages rise through the composition in a powerful transformation of matter, colour and light.

Dense violet formations emerge from the lower part of the painting and expand toward lighter, more open areas. Deep black accents introduce structure, contrast and visual depth, while luminous golden details move through the fluid composition like light travelling along mineral veins.

The surface evokes crystalline formations, opening petals, rising smoke, geological matter and natural energy in constant transformation. These associations remain deliberately open, allowing every viewer to discover a personal image within the movement of the pigments.

The vertical orientation strengthens the sense of elevation. The eye is carried upward from the darker, denser base toward increasingly luminous passages, creating an emotional transition from shadow to clarity.
Colour, Movement and Material
The composition is built around the dynamic interaction of fluid acrylic pigments.

Purple and amethyst dominate the chromatic structure, ranging from deep mineral violet to delicate lavender. Ivory introduces breathing space and luminosity, while black creates tension and anchors the movement. Gold-toned accents bring warmth and reflected light to the cooler palette.

The fluid pigments meet, separate and merge across the canvas, forming intricate cells, organic contours and layered transitions. These patterns are produced through the natural behaviour of liquid acrylic and the artist’s controlled guidance of colour, density and direction.

Although the artist directs the overall composition, the movement of the material retains an element of spontaneity. The result exists between technical control and natural transformation.
Every cell, transition and flowing passage belongs to a specific moment in the creative process. These formations cannot be reproduced identically, making the painting genuinely unique.
A Changing Visual Experience
The artwork reveals a different presence according to distance, light and viewing angle.

From afar, its ascending movement is immediate and powerful. The darker lower passages appear to release a luminous amethyst energy that travels vertically through the composition.

At close range, the painting reveals a more intimate world of fluid cells, delicate pigment boundaries, translucent transitions and subtle golden details.

Natural daylight emphasizes the clarity of the violet, lavender and ivory passages. Warmer interior lighting intensifies the gold-toned accents and deepens the contrast between the luminous areas and the black structures.

This changing relationship with light gives the painting a living visual presence throughout the day.
Meaning of the Title
The title Amethyst Ascension reflects the central movement and emotional character of the composition.

Amethyst has long been associated with clarity, protection, balance and transformation. Within this work, it becomes a visual symbol of elevation—a passage from darkness toward light, from density toward openness, and from stillness toward renewed energy.

“Ascension” does not describe a literal scene. It refers to the upward movement of colour and to the inner sensation created by the composition: the possibility of rising, evolving and finding light within change.

The painting therefore becomes more than an abstract arrangement of pigments. It presents transformation as an active force and darkness as the beginning of movement rather than its end.
Originality and Authenticity
Amethyst Ascension was entirely created by hand and is an original, unreproducible artwork.

It is not a print, reproduction, digital image, edition or mechanically produced object. Only one original exists.

The artwork is hand-signed by Tatjana Jermolajeva on the front. Its title, year, identifying information and signature are also recorded on the reverse, establishing a direct connection between the physical artwork and its documentation.

The unique identifier AAG-TJ-AA-2021-001 is recorded in the gallery archive and links the artwork to its Certificate of Authenticity and provenance documentation.

The painting is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Abstract Art Gallery, Riga, and protected by the gallery’s lifetime authenticity and provenance guarantee under the applicable terms.
Presentation
The canvas is professionally mounted on its solid hardwood stretcher, measuring 3 cm in depth.

It is supplied without an exterior decorative frame, allowing the composition to retain its contemporary presence. The artwork is ready to hang immediately upon arrival.

Any decorative frame shown in contextual or interior presentation images is for visualization purposes only and is not included unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Professional Delivery
The artwork will be carefully protected for international transport, with particular attention given to the painted surface, corners and stretcher.

Delivery is arranged through DHL Express, with professional protective packaging and shipment tracking.

The Certificate of Authenticity and gallery documentation are supplied with the artwork.
About the Artist
Tatjana Jermolajeva, professionally known as Tana Jerm (b. 1966, Latvia), is a contemporary Latvian artist and artistic researcher whose practice explores the expressive possibilities of colour, matter, texture and surface.

Her work develops at the intersection of painting, material experimentation and visual research, where technical knowledge and intuition become inseparable.

Rather than limiting herself to a single medium or process, Tana Jerm investigates the relationships between transparency, density, layering, gesture, relief and light. Through continuous experimentation, she constructs complex surfaces in which materials become active elements of the composition.

Texture lies at the heart of her artistic language. Layers accumulate, intersect, reveal and conceal one another, creating depth and a physical presence that changes subtly according to light, distance and viewing angle.

Her approach as an artistic researcher is fundamental to this process. Each artwork becomes a field of investigation—a space in which she observes material behaviour, tests new possibilities and discovers unexpected visual relationships.

Technical control is balanced by intuition and spontaneity, allowing the creative process to remain visible within the finished work. In her fluid compositions, the artist guides the direction and interaction of pigments while preserving the organic formations created by moving colour.

At the centre of her practice is transformation: the moment when colour, matter, texture, movement and gesture merge into a unified visual experience.

Created individually by hand, her works invite close observation and gradually reveal tactile and chromatic details. Each composition possesses its own unreproducible structure and records a unique moment of material interaction.

Through this dialogue between research and intuition, Tana Jerm has developed a distinctive contemporary language characterised by chromatic intensity, tactile richness, material sensitivity, depth and presence.
Tatjana Jermolajeva is represented internationally by Abstract Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia.