Deck Hands

PJ Crook was inspired by her childhood memories of her father's nocturnal gambling habits to paint her provocative work, Deck Hands. PJ Crook's work is shot through with challenging undercurrents and thought-provoking reversals. For example, in Deck Hands, she has placed the game outside, rather than setting the painting in a traditional gamblers' dark and smoky room. She has also deliberately emphasized the size of her characters to demonstrate the apparent control of their environment. In fact, of course, the gambler never knows in which way the cards will stack...

Each print is hand signed by the artist and hand numbered.