{"product_id":"houston-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum","title":"Houston Art | Houston State of Mind | Betsy Crum","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Steinbeck wrote that Texas is a state of mind — an obsession, he called it, and he wasn't wrong. But he stopped a size too big. Every town down here is its own state of mind, and Houston is the loudest of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHouston Texas Flag Art by Betsy Crum\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one puts the city's name in heavy letterpress type across a weathered Texas flag, the star showing through the letters like it's been there longer than the words. It's a print for people who know Houston isn't one thing: it's the bayou humidity that hits you in the parking lot, the taqueria that's better than the steakhouse, a city with no zoning and no interest in your opinion about that. People who moved away and still say \u003cem\u003ewe\u003c\/em\u003e when the Astros come up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt hangs well on its own over a console or a desk, and better in a set — pair it with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/houston-art-houston-nicknames-typography-betsy-crum\"\u003eHouston Nicknames\u003c\/a\u003e, or build outward from the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/houston-art-prints-gifts\"\u003eHouston art prints\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the quote really Steinbeck's?\u003c\/strong\u003e The line \"Texas is a state of mind\" comes from Steinbeck's \u003cem\u003eTravels with Charley: In Search of America\u003c\/em\u003e (1962). The city versions in this series are our own riff on it — Steinbeck never wrote about Houston specifically, though he'd have had opinions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this a good housewarming or moving-away gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e It's the one we sell most for exactly that. It reads as a love letter without being sentimental about it, which is the right register for someone leaving town or just getting here.\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":47727565471933,"sku":"houston-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-8x8Matted12x12","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x12 (No Mat)","offer_id":47727565734077,"sku":"houston-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-12x12NoMat","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x16","offer_id":47727565766845,"sku":"houston-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-16x16","price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x20","offer_id":47727565799613,"sku":"houston-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-20x20","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x24","offer_id":47727565832381,"sku":"houston-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-24x24","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/3439\/1229\/files\/SOM_Houston_8x8_square_gold_frame_134.jpg?v=1778541205","url":"https:\/\/www.crumart.com\/products\/houston-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum","provider":"Crum Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}