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They Are Watching — Paranoid Typography by Betsy Crum
It is the sign you want over the desk in an open-plan office, the door of a teenager's room, or the bar at a family reunion. Betsy set it like a public-safety notice, which is what makes it funny: the typography is completely straight-faced. It is funny wall art that gets a laugh on the second read, not the first.
It pairs with Carl's You Are the Best Looking Person Here and No Assholes Allowed on a gallery wall. More in funny wall art and office wall art.
Betsy Crum, working in Texas. Original family artwork, printed to order.
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.
They Are Watching
Fine Art Print by Betsy Crum
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- Signed by hand
- Archival paper
- Ships in 3–5 days
- Standard frame sizes
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Product FAQ
What does it actually say?
THEY ARE WATCHING, then PRETEND EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. Four lines of condensed capitals in black and two reds on white, and nothing else.
Why is it funny?
Because the typography refuses to be. It is set like a public-safety notice, completely straight-faced, which is why the laugh usually lands on the second read rather than the first.
Where does it belong?
Over a desk in an open-plan office, on the door of a teenager's room, or above the bar at a family reunion. Anywhere being observed is already the running joke.
What hangs with it?
Carl's You Are the Best Looking Person Here and the No Assholes Allowed print. Three signs in the same deadpan voice make a wall that seems to be issuing instructions.
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.