{"product_id":"san-antonio-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum","title":"San Antonio Art | San Antonio State of Mind | Betsy Crum","description":"\u003cp\u003eSteinbeck wrote that Texas is a state of mind, an obsession, and then went further and called it a nation in every sense of the word. He was right, and he was also thinking a size too big. San Antonio has been its own country since before Texas was one, and it has never once asked to be updated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSan Antonio Texas Flag Art by Betsy Crum\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe city's name sits in heavy worn type across a distressed Texas flag, the star bleeding up through the letters like it was on the wall first and the words came later. San Antonio is a slow town that wakes up early: breakfast tacos handed through a window before six, the Pioneer Flour Mill sign burning red over the river long after everything around it has gone dark, the crack of a cascarón on the back of your head in April and confetti still turning up in your collar in May. It is 103 degrees and everyone is outside anyway. It is Bexar pronounced \u003cem\u003ebear\u003c\/em\u003e, with nobody bothering to explain why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt holds a narrow wall on its own and does better in company — hang it beside \u003ca href=\"\/products\/san-antonio-art-hemisfair-tower-print\"\u003eForever Hemisfair\u003c\/a\u003e, or pull the rest from \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/san-antonio-art-prints-gifts\"\u003eSan Antonio art prints\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the line really Steinbeck's?\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Texas is a state of mind\" is his, from \u003cem\u003eTravels with Charley: In Search of America\u003c\/em\u003e (1962). The city versions in this series are Crum Art's own riff on it — Steinbeck never wrote \"San Antonio is a state of mind,\" and we are not pretending he did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this a good housewarming gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e It is one of the most common reasons people buy it, usually for someone who just moved to town or just left it. It reads as affection without going sentimental about it.\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":47727575400637,"sku":"san-antonio-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-8x8Matted12x12","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x12 (No Mat)","offer_id":47727575695549,"sku":"san-antonio-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-12x12NoMat","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x16","offer_id":47727575728317,"sku":"san-antonio-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-16x16","price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x20","offer_id":47727575761085,"sku":"san-antonio-state-of-mind-betsy-crum-20x20","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x24","offer_id":47727575793853,"sku":"san-antonio-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_San_Antonio_8x8_square_gold_frame_136.jpg?v=1778541205","url":"https:\/\/www.crumart.com\/products\/san-antonio-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum","provider":"Crum Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}