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Marfa West Texas Art by Betsy Crum
The name sits in rough black capitals across a weathered Texas flag, worn the way everything out there eventually gets worn. Marfa is a long approach before it is a town — US 90 running flat and straight, pronghorn standing off in the grass, the pink dome of the Presidio County courthouse showing up on the horizon before any of the buildings do. Then it is quiet in a way that is genuinely uncommon: almost no traffic, a freight train coming through in the middle of the night and taking a full minute to finish passing, and cold air after dark even in August, because the altitude does not care what month it is. People still drive out east of town in the evening, park facing nothing at all, and wait on the lights.
Hang it with the Stardust sign, or work outward through the travel art prints if you are building a wall of places worth the drive.
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.
Marfa State of Mind
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 are people waiting on out east of town?
The lights. The print does not show them, it stops at the name and the worn flag, but that evening drive out to park facing nothing at all is most of why the town keeps its hold on people.
Where does a West Texas print settle best?
Quiet rooms. A bedroom, a hallway, an office with one window. Everything in it is worn down enough not to argue with the furniture.
Who has earned this print?
The person who made the drive once and has not stopped talking about it since. It also lands at a housewarming for anyone with a West Texas thing.
What goes on the wall with it?
The Marfa Stardust sign print, and after that a wall of places worth the drive.
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.