Music Wall Art | Townes Van Zandt Painting | Caya Crum

Texas songwriters measure themselves against Townes Van Zandt, and nobody who loves him loves him casually. Caya's music wall art gives you the face rather than the lyrics.

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Townes Van Zandt Painting — music wall art print by Caya Crum in a carved wood frame

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7 FT SOFA (REFERENCE) 8×10" 11×14" 16×20" 18×24" 24×36"

All prints ship unframed. Rectangular and square prints fit standard frame sizes.

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Townes Van Zandt Music Wall Art by Caya Crum

He wrote some of the saddest and truest songs the state ever produced, and the people who know every word of Pancho and Lefty will tell you so before you ask. They already have the words. Painting the man instead of the writing is a different kind of tribute — you end up looking at a face instead of reading a line.

It belongs where the music actually gets played: a listening room, a den, a record corner, the wall above whatever passes for a stereo. As music wall art it hangs easily with the rest of the musician portraitsSir Doug Sahm holds the San Antonio end of that wall — and it is a safe gift for anyone with firm opinions about Texas songwriting. More of Caya's portraits hang in Caya Crum art, and the wider state is in Texas wall art.

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.

Product FAQ

How is this different from the Townes quote print?

This one is a portrait painting of Townes. The quote print is his lyrics hand-lettered inside the shape of Texas — same subject, entirely different piece.

Who was Townes Van Zandt?

The Fort Worth-born songwriter Texas measures its songwriters against — Pancho and Lefty, If I Needed You, and some of the saddest, truest songs the state ever produced.

Where does it hang?

A listening room, a den, a songwriter's workspace, anywhere records live. It reads as a portrait, so it holds a wall by itself as easily as it sits in a row of musicians.

Who made it?

Caya Crum, working in Texas. Original family artwork, printed to order.

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.