Shut Up and Deal | Animal Poker Game Humour Canvas Wall Art Print

About Shut Up and Deal

Six animals crowd a round red felt card table, seen from slightly above so the tabletop fills the centre of the square composition. A polar bear leans in at the upper left, an elephant sits behind the table with its trunk curling down, and a ginger-maned lion rests a paw on the cloth at the right. A rhinoceros, a wrinkled hippo-like face and a green crocodile complete the ring. Playing cards with red patterned backs lie scattered across the felt beside stacks of red, white and blue chips.

The background falls away into flat black, which pushes the red cloth and the pale hides forward. Fur, hide and scales are rendered in fine soft detail: the bear's shaggy white coat, the creased grey of the elephant's trunk, the rough pebbled skin along the crocodile's snout. Lighting is low and warm, as if a single lamp hangs over the table. The mood is deadpan comedy, a serious game played by animals with straight faces and cards held close.

Made for rooms with a sense of humour: a games room, bar or home office, above a pool table or beside a card table. The black ground and deep red felt sit well with timber panelling, leather chairs and brass lamps, and the square shape works over a sideboard or centred on a narrow wall between doorways. Browse more brown and earthy art, green art, or read Art above the bed: what size and how high.