{"product_id":"concan-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum","title":"Texas Hill Country Art | Concan State of Mind | Betsy Crum","description":"\u003cp\u003eTexas is a state of mind, Steinbeck wrote in 1962, and an obsession. Concan is the smallest version of that obsession and the one people plan an entire year around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eConcan Hill Country Art by Betsy Crum\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece is a weathered Texas shape carrying the flag — dusty blue field, cream and faded brick-red bars, a white star worn thin — over a cream, chalky, scraped-plaster ground, with heavy black letterpress capitals across it. Frio means cold, and the river is not being poetic about it: it is spring-fed, it is clear down to the gravel, and it will take the wind out of you in the middle of August. Bald cypress lean out over the water with their roots exposed. US 83 bends along with the river between limestone bluffs. Down the road at Garner they have been dancing on the concrete under the pavilion on summer nights since the 1940s, and if you climb Old Baldy early you can see the whole green line of the valley. Cell service is bad. The cabins book a year out, and it is the same families every July, on the same bend, in the same shallow spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt belongs in a river house, a lake house, or a hallway of Texas places — the rest of the region is in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/texas-hill-country-art\"\u003eTexas Hill Country art\u003c\/a\u003e, and it hangs well with the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/travel-art\"\u003etravel art prints\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this a Steinbeck quote?\u003c\/strong\u003e Partly. \u003cem\u003eTravels with Charley: In Search of America\u003c\/em\u003e (1962) gives us \"Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession.\" That is his. Concan is not — the town versions are Crum Art's own riff on the line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho buys it?\u003c\/strong\u003e People who go every summer, and people who used to. It turns up as a housewarming gift and as a thank-you to whoever books the cabins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho made it?\u003c\/strong\u003e Betsy Crum, working in Texas. Original family artwork, printed to order.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crum Art","offers":[{"title":"8x8 (fits a 12x12 frame)","offer_id":47727579103421,"sku":"concan-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum-8x8","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x12 (No Mat)","offer_id":47727579201725,"sku":"concan-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum-12x12","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x16","offer_id":47727579234493,"sku":"concan-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum-16x16","price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x20","offer_id":47727579267261,"sku":"concan-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum-20x20","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x24","offer_id":47727579300029,"sku":"concan-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum-24x24","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/3439\/1229\/files\/8x8BESTConcantState_Of_Mind_copy_square_gold_frame_004.jpg?v=1778541194","url":"https:\/\/www.crumart.com\/products\/concan-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum","provider":"Crum Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}