Kitchen Wall Art

Kitchen Wall Art With Texas Personality

This is kitchen wall art that does not take itself too seriously: Old Masters hot dogs, State Fair corn dogs, happy bananas, Ranch Style Beans, Parker County peaches and the roadside icons of a Texas summer. Funny kitchen art first and fine art second, drawn and painted by the Crum family in Fort Worth. Hang one over the coffee bar or build a whole wall of food, color and nostalgia.

Eating Room Next Door

Food art works even harder one room over, where people are sitting still and facing the wall for two hours. The larger still lifes — the Schepps Milk amphora, the Texas Essentials pantry shelf, the peaches — are gathered in dining room wall art, scaled for the distance across a table. Kitchens want the small squares in a grid; dining rooms want one big one hung lower than you think.

Original family artwork by Betsy, Caya, Carl and Tavi Crum, working in Texas. Printed to order.

Questions

What makes good kitchen wall art? Color and humor that hold up to daily life. Shoppers gravitate to the Old Masters Hot Dog, Happy Bananas, and the Fridge Cigarette print — pieces that make guests laugh before the coffee is ready. Avoid anything precious; this is a room with steam and grease in it.

What size works in a kitchen? Small squares in a grid of four or six over a counter or coffee bar, where the viewing distance is short and the wall space is broken up by cabinets. If you are hanging over a dining table instead, invert it — one large piece, and see dining room wall art for the pieces scaled that way.

Is kitchen art a good housewarming gift? One of the best, because it is personal without being risky. Jesus Texas & Tacos and the Dairy Queen Big Texas Sky print are favorites for new Texas kitchens. The full housewarming gifts edit goes further.

Does it come framed? No. Everything is in standard sizes, so an off-the-shelf frame fits without a custom order, and a kitchen is a room where people tend to want glass they can wipe down.

The kitchen is where Texas does its best thinking. Stock the walls from Dr Pepper art, Drink Up, Texas and bar cart art, find something to take to dinner in hostess gifts, shop by budget in Texas wall art under $100, then consult the Field Guide to Texas Food Pop Art for the complete menu. The Warhol cows and the longhorn are in cow art.