"Canasta" by Ed Paschke is a striking oil on canvas that exemplifies the Chicago artist's signature aesthetic, merging vivid, electric colors with distorted, mask-like human figures. Paschke layers luminous, neon-tinged hues over contorted facial features, creating an unsettling yet hypnotic tension between beauty and grotesquerie. The work reflects his lifelong fascination with popular culture, subcultures, and the psychological undercurrents beneath the surface of everyday American life.