Mary Edwards Wertsch
The Playing Card Paintings
There are two complete series of Playing Card Paintings. Each consists of 15 large paintings: 12 face card (royalty) paintings, 2 joker paintings, plus the cardback design.
Both the first series, Mammal Royalty, and the second series, Reptiles Playing Sports,
may be seen below (click here).
Deck Series 1: Mammal Royalty
All the face cards, both jokers, and the cardback design are acrylic on canvas, 24"x36", gallery-wrapped, and purposely unframed. These 15 paintings were used to make an actual deck of cards. (To shop the card deck and related items, click here. For additional items with these and other images, click here.)
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Deck Series 2: Reptiles Playing Sports
All the face card paintings and both joker paintings are acrylic on canvas, 24"x36". The cardback design for this deck is acrylic on board, 16"x20". Like the Mammal Royalty paintings, these 15 reptile paintings were used to make a playing card deck. (To shop the card decks and related items, click here. To shop additional kinds of items, click here.)
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