Howdy Print | Game Day Orange | Betsy Crum
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Howdy — Burnt Orange Wall Art by Betsy Crum
One word, five letters, no shame in any of them. Betsy painted HOWDY in big burnt-orange carnival letters — the marquee kind, with little stars punched right into the letterforms like somebody meant to wire them for light. Above and below the word run ornamental rows of bulbs and spindles, the fancy trim you'd see across the top of a fairground poster or a midway ticket booth. If that kind of lettering gets you, there's a whole tent of it in circus and carnival art.
The cream background is what keeps the whole thing friendly instead of just loud. Because burnt orange is a color, sure — but in Texas it's also a season and a mood: October light, tailgate smoke, the exact shade a certain city turns on a fall Saturday. Its sibling, the late afternoon HOWDY, mellows the same word down to golden hour. This one keeps the stadium lights on.
Where It'll Work in Your House
The game-day den is home base — over the drink cart, next to the pennants, anywhere the chips and queso congregate on Saturdays. It'll greet people just as well in an entryway, where a HOWDY does its finest work. And it was practically born for a first place of your own: pin it up with the rest of your Texas dorm room decor, or make it the first thing on the wall of a new Austin apartment alongside more Austin art prints.
Questions
Why are there stars inside the letters? They're borrowed from old marquee and fairground signs, where big letters got punched and studded so light could shine through. Betsy kept the stars and left the wiring back at the fairgrounds.
Why a square print? Because a square hangs like a sign, and this word wants to be a sign. It sits sturdy on its own, and it lines up beautifully with the rest of the family of howdys if you're collecting them.
Will burnt orange fight the rest of my room? Less than you'd think. The cream background does the diplomacy, and burnt orange gets along famously with navy, denim, forest green, and warm wood — which covers most dens in Texas.
Who painted it? Betsy Crum, working in Texas. Original family artwork, printed to order — the rest of her signs, skies, and burnt oranges live in the Betsy Crum collection.
Shopping for somebody? For longhorn gifts, a UT Austin grad, or the friend who just signed their first Austin lease, this is the one that says it without a logo. And the same design comes in other jerseys — there's a HOWDY in TCU purple for Fort Worth loyalties, and a black-and-white HOWDY for rooms that keep their team colors to themselves.
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
Why burnt orange?
Because in Texas, burnt orange isn't just a color — it's a whole season of Saturdays. Betsy painted this HOWDY in it because it's the warmest loud color on the wheel, and against a cream background it glows instead of shouts.
Will this read as Texas to someone who isn't from Texas?
It reads in layers. Anybody anywhere sees a cheerful vintage carnival HOWDY with stars punched in the letters and rows of bulbs above and below. Texans catch the second layer — the burnt orange wink — with no logo or landmark anywhere on the print. Both readings work; one of them just comes with a fight song stuck in your head.
Who should get the burnt orange HOWDY?
New grads, a first apartment in Austin, the tailgate host who owns forty koozies, or anyone who bleeds burnt orange. Because it's team-spirit adjacent rather than merchandise, it still looks like art on the wall ten years after graduation.
Does this HOWDY design come in other colors?
Yes — it runs as a set. The Fort Worth TCU Purple Howdy carries the same carnival lettering for purple households, the Minimalist Black and White Howdy strips it down for quieter rooms, and the Front Porch Howdy — a painting of an old neon HOWDY STRANGER sign — makes a fine odd cousin on the same wall. Some folks hang two side by side and let them argue.