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Big Red — Texas Soda Art by Betsy Crum
This one's painted straight off the cooler shelf — rows of Big Red bottles lined up on warm yellow shelving, the colorways trading places down the line: classic red, then cream, then yellow, then red again. Warhol had his soup cans; Texas has Big Red. There are enough bottles here that you stop counting and start grinning, which is the whole point. It hangs with the rest of our Texas beverage pop art, and it out-hums most of it.
Big Red is the Texas soda — a Waco original, inseparable from barbecue smoke for generations. Betsy paints it the way Texans actually meet it: cold, plural, and glowing behind glass. If you want the origin story on your wall too, the BIG RED DIST. rooftop under a big Waco sky makes the pilgrimage pairing.
Where It'll Work in Your House
The vertical format is the secret weapon — this print is shaped like the cooler door it came from, so it loves the walls nothing else fits: the skinny stretch beside the pantry, the landing at the top of the stairs, the gap between kitchen windows. It was born for kitchen wall art duty, and it'll run a breakfast nook single-handed. If a whole cooler is more commitment than the room can take, the lone bottle on butter yellow brings the same glow at conversation volume.
Questions
Why a cooler instead of a tidy grid? Because that's where Big Red lives. Our Topo Chico grid keeps its bottles in museum rows; this one keeps the shelf, the hum, and the urge to reach in and grab one.
Are the cream and yellow bottles secret flavors? No — they're colorway riffs, the pop-art move of painting an icon in clothes it never wore. The alternation is what turns a shelf of soda into a pattern your eye wants to follow.
Is it loud? It's confident. The yellow shelves do the shouting; the bottles keep the beat. In person it reads less like a poster and more like a wall of good news.
Who painted it? Betsy Crum, working in Texas. Original family artwork, printed to order — the rest of Betsy's favorites are here.
Grids love company. Hang this one alone and it's a statement; put the two-bottle Big Red beside it and you've got a series; add a few more Texas favorites and suddenly yours is the house with the gallery wall everybody photographs before dinner.
Fine Art Prints Made in Fort Worth, Texas
Since 1996, Crum Art has created original art, paintings, and fine art prints in Fort Worth, showing and selling work at hundreds of art shows across Texas.
Crum Art brings a distinct Texas and Western point of view to specific, meaningful images: pop art color, cowboys, cowgirls, animals, kittens, vintage signs, bluebonnets, humor, grit, and Lone Star nostalgia.
These are not mass-produced prints or generic wall decor. They are artist-made pieces with a Texas point of view, created for homes that feel collected, lived-in, and full of meaning.
Each print is produced to gallery-quality fine art standards, made to order in our Fort Worth studio, carefully inspected, and hand-signed by the artist. Every piece passes through our hands before it becomes part of your home.
Print Details
- Archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper
- Unframed and sized to fit standard frames
- Studio-made, artist-signed prints only available directly from Crum Art
Made in Texas.
Frequently Asked Questions
What sizes does this print come in?
Our fine art prints are available in multiple sizes including 8x10 unframed matted to 11x14, 11x14 unframed, 16x20, 18x24, and 24x36. Each size ships ready to frame, making it easy to find the right fit for your wall.
Is this print good for a western or ranch-style living room?
Absolutely. Crum Art prints work beautifully in western living rooms, ranch house walls, and collected interiors. The editorial quality and distinct Texas point of view make them strong anchor pieces for a rustic western or Lone Star-inspired home.
How is this print made and what materials are used?
Every Crum Art print is produced on 100% cotton rag paper using archival pigment inks — the same standard used in fine art galleries. Built to last without fading, and hand-signed by the artist before it leaves our Fort Worth studio.
Can this print be part of a gallery wall?
Yes — many Crum Art prints are part of series and are designed to group together as a statement western gallery wall, or hang individually as a standalone piece. Each image is sized to fit standard frames for easy styling.
Will this look like an original painting or a print?
Crum Art takes the scanning and photographing of original paintings seriously — we work to capture the texture of the canvas or paper the original was created on, so that texture shows through in the print. Combined with the cotton rag paper's own subtle surface and the hand-signing, many customers say they cannot tell if it's an original or a print. That's intentional. These are not flat digital reproductions — they are fine art prints that carry the soul of the original.
Made with love. Signed by hand. Shipped with care. Hung with joy.
Product FAQ
What is this painting showing?
A cooler shelf packed with Big Red bottles on warm yellow shelving, the colorways rotating down the rows: classic red, then cream, then butter yellow, then red again.
Why is Big Red a Texas icon?
It was invented in Waco in 1937 and became the drink Texans reach for alongside barbecue and weekend barbacoa. San Antonio thinks enough of that pairing to hold a festival for it.
What does the Warhol reference mean?
Andy Warhol painted repeating rows of Campbell's soup cans in 1962 and made a grocery item worth looking at. This one gives the same treatment to a soda most Texans already regard as a landmark.
Is the format vertical or horizontal?
Vertical, shaped like the cooler door the bottles came out of. It suits narrow walls, stair landings, and the gap between two kitchen windows.