Tavi Crum | Muse, Calligraphy & Western Portraiture | Crum Art
Tavi Crum
Tavi Crum is an artist and calligrapher whose work carries a quiet elegance—hand lettering and Western portraiture that anchor the Crum Art aesthetic. Fashion-forward and instinctively expressive, she brings wit, elegance, and emotional clarity to everything she touches.
Her own paintings turn everyday things into small, deadpan still lifes—a cold Diet Coke, a plate of eggs and bacon—rendered with the same eye for humor and composition that runs through the family studio.
She is also the model and muse behind her sister Caya Crum’s Smoking Cowgirl portrait—an image that has become one of the most recognized contemporary western icons in the Crum Art collection. In that work, Tavi embodies modern western femininity: confident, composed, and quietly powerful.
As artist, subject, and creative collaborator, Tavi represents the connective tissue between generations of artists in the Crum family—proof that inspiration can be inherited, lived, and reimagined.
Paintings by Tavi
Tavi as muse
Smoking Cowgirl — painted by Caya Crum →
Every Crum Art print is hand-signed by the artist. More on how our prints are made →
Frequently asked questions
Who is Tavi Crum?
Tavi Crum is a Fort Worth, Texas artist and calligrapher, the youngest of the four Crum Art artists. She is the daughter of Betsy and Carl Crum and the sister of Caya Crum, and she is the model and muse behind Caya's Smoking Cowgirl portrait.
What does Tavi Crum paint?
Small, deadpan still lifes of everyday things — a cold Diet Coke, a plate of eggs and bacon — kitchen art with the same eye for humor and composition that runs through the family studio, plus hand lettering and Western portraiture.
Where can I buy Tavi Crum's art?
Hand-signed prints are sold only at crumart.com, printed to order in the family's Fort Worth studio. Shop Tavi Crum art.