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Howdy on a Stick — Food Wall Art by Caya Crum
A golden corn dog lies at an easy diagonal across a field of blue-and-white harlequin diamonds, and somebody with a squeeze bottle and real nerve has looped the word HOWDY across the batter in mustard script. That's the whole painting, and it's plenty. Caya Crum painted it square, so the corn dog cuts corner to corner like it's leaning into the room to introduce itself. Of all the howdy signs in the family, this is the only one you could theoretically eat.
The diamonds behind it aren't decoration for decoration's sake — that blue-and-white pattern reads like carnival tent, midway lights about to come on, the part of the evening where you've already committed to fried food. Texans have been saying hello to Fletcher's corny dogs at the State Fair since 1942, and this painting bottles that exact mood: a little state fair art, a lot of good manners. The mustard is hand-lettered, loops and wobbles included, because a howdy that's too neat isn't really a howdy.
Where It'll Work in Your House
Kitchen, first and always. It's food wall art in the most literal sense — a whole meal, on a stick, hung at eye level — and it makes the coffee line move friendlier. Put it in the breakfast nook, over the toaster, anywhere people stand around half-awake and could use a golden, mustard-lettered hello, and let it fall in with the rest of the kitchen wall art. The joke never begs for the laugh; it's just sitting there on a stick. Pair it with Cataburger for a Texas food wall that means business, or park it next to Hot Buns and let the two of them argue about which one is the main course.
Its cousin, the State Fair Corn Dog, hollers where this one greets — same family, different manners. Painted by Caya Crum in Texas, printed to order — the rest of Caya Crum's paintings keep the same sense of humor.
Fair food comes around once a year and leaves town with the midway. This one keeps longer hours. Set the whole breakfast-nook table with the Texas breakfast waffle and eggs and bacon, and nobody leaves your kitchen ungreeted.
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.
Any 3 prints, 20% off at checkout — mix & match sizes.
Product FAQ
Is the HOWDY on the corn dog really written in mustard?
It's painted to look exactly like it — a looping, hand-written script swooped across the batter in mustard yellow, the way you'd write it at a picnic table with a squeeze bottle and total confidence. Caya lettered it by hand, and the wobble in the script is half the flavor — mustard doesn't do fonts.
Is this a State Fair of Texas corn dog?
It's painted in that spirit. Corny dogs have been a State Fair of Texas tradition since Fletcher's started serving them there in 1942, and this painting bottles that first-corny-dog-of-fall feeling. It's an original Caya Crum artwork inspired by fair food — not affiliated with the fair or any corny dog maker, just a valentine to the midway.
What's the blue-and-white diamond pattern behind the corn dog?
That's a harlequin diamond pattern, and it's doing carnival work — squint and it reads like the side of a striped tent at the fairgrounds. The cool blue also makes the golden batter look even more fried and glorious, which is entirely the point.
Are there other corn dog paintings in the Crum Art family?
There's a whole delegation. Corn Dog Cowboy puts a corn dog in a pink western scene, the State Fair Corn Dog hollers yee-haw instead of howdy, and Cataburger rounds out the Texas food wall with a calico cat in Whataburger orange. Fair food travels in packs.
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.