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Dallas Art & Vintage North Texas Signage
Big Town in Mesquite was one of the country's first shopping malls and a Dallas-adjacent landmark locals still name out loud. Betsy Crum paints it beneath a wide North Texas sky, and the result is warm, collectible dallas art and characterful texas art — the kind of print that pulls a story out of anyone who grew up nearby. Find more roadside gold in Dallas art, vintage wall art, and homesick Texan gifts.
Where It'll Work in Your House
It does its best work as entryway art, starting the conversation before anyone has sat down. It holds a spot on a living-room gallery wall, and it is right at home as bar art among other landmarks. Round out the state in Texas wall art, browse the wider Texas gifts, or send it as one of our housewarming gifts.
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.
Big Town Sign Print
Fine Art Print by Betsy Crum
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- Signed by hand
- Archival paper
- Ships in 3–5 days
- Standard frame sizes
Ships from Fort Worth · $4.95 flat, free over $100 · 14-day returns
Product FAQ
What was Big Town near Dallas?
Big Town was a pioneering shopping mall in Mesquite, just east of Dallas, and one of the first of its kind in the country. The building is long gone, but it stayed a mid-century North Texas landmark that locals still bring up by name.
Why did Betsy Crum paint the Big Town sign?
Because the sign outlasted the mall. Betsy Crum paints the roadside signage that holds a region's memory, and Big Town standing under a wide North Texas sky is exactly that kind of marker.
Where does the Big Town Sign print belong at home?
Entryway art is its best use, because it starts a conversation before anyone has sat down. It also holds a living room gallery wall, and it is right at home as bar art among other North Texas landmarks.
Is the Big Town print a good gift for a Dallas native?
It is aimed squarely at them: Mesquite and Dallas-area natives, expats who moved away and never stopped talking about it, and collectors of vintage regional signage. It works as a housewarming gift or inside a homesick care package. Art by Betsy Crum, printed to order.
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.