{"product_id":"marfa-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum","title":"Marfa Art | Marfa State of Mind | Betsy Crum","description":"\u003cp\u003eSteinbeck said Texas is a state of mind. Marfa is what is left of that idea after you carry it out onto a plateau at 4,700 feet and let the wind work on it for a hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMarfa West Texas Art by Betsy Crum\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHang it with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/marfa-art-stardust-sign-betsy-crum\"\u003ethe Stardust sign\u003c\/a\u003e, or work outward through the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/travel-art\"\u003etravel art prints\u003c\/a\u003e if you are building a wall of places worth the drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs that a real Steinbeck quote?\u003c\/strong\u003e The original is his — \"Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession\" — from \u003cem\u003eTravels with Charley: In Search of America\u003c\/em\u003e (1962). The town versions in this series are Crum Art's own extension of the idea, not Steinbeck's writing. He did not make it to Marfa in that book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes — particularly for someone who made the drive once and has not stopped talking about it since, or for a housewarming where the person has a West Texas thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho is the artist?\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":47727576875197,"sku":"marfa-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-8x8Matted12x12","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x12 (No Mat)","offer_id":47727577202877,"sku":"marfa-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-12x12NoMat","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x16","offer_id":47727577235645,"sku":"marfa-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-16x16","price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x20","offer_id":47727577268413,"sku":"marfa-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-20x20","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x24","offer_id":47727577301181,"sku":"marfa-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\/State_Of_Mind-Marfa-8x8_square_gold_frame_137.jpg?v=1778541204","url":"https:\/\/www.crumart.com\/products\/marfa-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum","provider":"Crum Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}