Mensa Artists Owl Digital Art Graphic

When I create an art image, it is interesting for me to analyze how it reveals my sub-conscious mind and soul, expressed in an associative and conscious communicating way. I am finishing the Mensa Artists Owl  art image into an 18 x 24 inch print mounted on foam core board perhaps to be professionally framed and presented to the Phoenix Artists Guild for critiquing. Visit http://ymmartin.com/mensa_artists

A friend recently questioned why the figurine doll was included in the graphic placed in front of the owl, and I replied: "It's a jester entertainer, musician doll figurine, representing all performing arts artists."

Also, my Mother’s name was ‘Doll’. The instrument the medieval feminine doll is holding/playing is an ancient historical trumpet, one of the oldest instruments in man’s history, and in Junior High, I studied and learned to play the trumpet (could already play the piano) prior to playing the tenor saxophone in marching band, dance band, and state high school musical contests. The small figurine doll (feminine) is included in the art graphic memorializing my Mother who liked and collected curio figurines of all sorts, the medieval music playing imp doll represents the eternal life communicating spirit of my Mother expressed through her love of music and dancing. The owl symbolizes my Father who taught me about owls and nature, loved learning, revered knowledge, and was very intelligent and wise. The poem on the graphic is titled “Not Lost In Time” and signifies the continuity of artistic thought and achievement, timeless, being a unifying force in history rather than being divisive. The last line of the poem says, “we’re not apart, but whole.” conveying mother and child are never separated spiritually, more conceptually, the artist and their art are never separated, hence the intellectual property ownership copyright laws.

Wind instruments: Brass

The trumpet was (and is still) a very loud instrument, which was used for outdoor activities such as tournaments, fanfares, and in battle. Since the technique of bending brass had not yet been applied to instruments, the medieval trumpet was very long, sometimes even as much as six feet. The long middle-register trumpet was known as the trompe or buisine. The shorter, higher-pitched trumpets were called trompettes.