This series of works is inspired by Surrealist games of play and chance. Made after working in Marseille on Transatlantic, these works refer loosely to the Surrealist Jeu de Marseille tarot cards, and other elements of playing cards- their shapes, numbers, symbols, and the delicate patterns that may be incorporated into their designs. These compositional elements can be seen as metaphors for psychological ideas—doubling or mirroring, the tricks our minds play on us, and repetition as obsession compulsion.
 
As in much Snider’s 2-D work, there is a play between deep space and surface ornamentation. The drawings’ small scale and condensed space creates intimacy and intensity, and combined collaged elements create new meaning; they are sorted like pieces of a puzzle. These works use handmade Indian paper in various colors, with a very porous surface that allows for a stark difference in the way the color sinks into the page or a collage element sits on the surface. The paper also has a prominent deckled edge, and most sheets are not perfectly rectangular.  These irregularities provide a sense of the paper as a surface and its own object, similar to the haptic sense of a playing card, map, or postcard.