Coded Message from Famous Artist

"Coded Message from Famous Artist"
5x7 inches, acrylic on panel

The figure is done from a live model. The background is an encrypted quote from a famous artist, with a red herring or two thrown in to make it a little harder to decipher. The code itself should be easy a good cryptologist to decipher. Feel free to try!

I've always loved secret codes. I used to make them up when I was a kid. Many years later as an adult I found out that my Dad was a code breaker in World War II. I guess it must have been in the air.

Secret Message

Title: "Secret Message"

Medium: Acrylic

Genre: Still life

Size: 6x6 inches

I love bottles and secret messages too, so here's another bottle with a message in it. The seashell, BTW is a murex. 

Message in a Bottle

Title: Message in a Bottle
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 12 x 12 inches
Genre: Magic Realism, Fantasy

The fish are mystified at the writing on the message in the bottle. Little do they know it's only a game.
Note on the colors: I couldn't get this to scan the color accurately; the message in the original painting is more golden than orange. Cadmium orange does strange things on the scanner.