Paintings about time
It was after our daily hour of piano practice, when Idalet (age 12 years) asked me: "How many dimensions are there?" I immediately jumped to the answer from a maths point of view and replied: "Three: x, y and z". Idalet replied: "Yes, but there is another dimension: Time."
After spending years with the interpretation of her art did I understand the extent of her question.
In her untitled artwork dated 1985 (Composite image B) she may have depicted "time" measured as four moon phases with markings on a celestial pole.
In her abstract landscape of 2007, Linear Language (30 cm x 200 cm, mixed-media on canvas), I associated the black vertical markings with a blip, drawing the viewer's attention from left to right, perhaps to set this landscape in the passage of time.
My interpretation of Idalet's art is available in an e-book format and compares her paintings between 1985 to 2008: Idalet. A transpersonal contemporary artist: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/idalet-a-transpersonal-contemporary-artist-erica-de-kok/1146048574;jsessionid=CFCD51F6A99EA3E08AA7ED7719E1F4B5.prodny_store01-atgap02?ean=2940164238599
