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Be Nice Under a Big Texas Sky — Funny Wall Art by Betsy Crum
The Texas-shaped sign and its gold star stand tall against a sunset running purple down into pink — the kind of sky that makes everybody on the highway a little more forgiving. Below it, the fine print Texas actually lives by. Betsy made it from her own photographs of roadside signs, so the whole thing feels found, not designed. If it isn't posted on a farm road somewhere, it should be.
The sky handles the being nice. The sign handles the rest.
Where It'll Work in Your House
This one's for the house — a dining room that hosts opinionated dinners, an entryway that sets expectations early, a living-room gallery wall that needed a motto. It's one of our steadiest hostess gifts, and it tends to get quoted out loud at the housewarming: hostesses with standards, girlfriends who earned it, and every woman who's ever said "bless your heart" in a tone.
Same sign as the office version, different weather and a different job — that one keeps the sign closer and goes behind a desk, while this one gets the purple-to-pink sunset and goes in the house. Betsy Crum painted both, working in Texas. Original family artwork, printed to order — the rest of Betsy's signs and skies are here.
If your house runs more rules than one, No Aholes Allowed posts the policy at the door. More big skies and plain talk in our Texas wall art and western art — and more happy color in dopamine decor.
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.
Print Details
- Museum-grade giclee: 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.
Made with love. Signed by hand. Shipped with care. Hung with joy.
Any 3 prints, 20% off at checkout — mix & match sizes.
Product FAQ
Where does the sunset version hang best?
Dining rooms and entryways — rooms where guests get one good look at the house rules before sitting down.
Is this too sassy for a gift?
It's exactly sassy enough. It goes woman to woman almost every time, and it has never once been returned for excessive honesty.
What colors are in the sky?
A real Texas gradient — deep purple easing into rose and peach, the hour when every driver on the farm road slows down a little.
What pairs with it?
The Shape of Texas print covers the geography; this one covers the philosophy. Together they're a complete Texas civics course.
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.
What sizes does this print come in?
Our fine art prints are available in standard rectangle and square sizes. Rectangles: 8x10 unframed matted to 11x14, 11x14 unframed, 16x20, 18x24, and 24x36. Squares: 8x8 unframed matted to 12x12, 12x12 unframed, 16x16, 20x20, and 24x24. Each size ships ready to frame, making it easy to find the right fit for your wall.
How do I make a gallery wall with art prints?
Start with an anchor piece and build outward — many Crum Art prints are part of series designed to group together as a statement gallery wall, or hang individually as standalone pieces. Since every image is sized to fit standard frames, mixing sizes is easy: lay the arrangement out on the floor first, keep about two to three inches between frames, and center the whole grouping at eye level.