{"product_id":"texas-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum","title":"Texas Art | Texas State of Mind | Betsy Crum","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Steinbeck wrote it in 1962 and nobody has improved on it: \u003cem\u003e“Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession.”\u003c\/em\u003e Here is that sentence set the way it deserves — heavy black capitals over a weathered state silhouette carrying the flag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTexas Flag Wall Art by Betsy Crum\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe city prints in this series are our riff. This one is not — it is the line itself, verbatim. Texas is the only place where the drive from El Paso to Beaumont eats more of your week than most people's vacations, where a gas station outside Lockhart hands you brisket that beats a steakhouse three states over, and where a blue norther drops forty degrees between lunch and the drive home. So the blue here has dust in it, the red has faded the way a flag fades on a fence post west of Abilene, and the star is not shiny. None of it is. On purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt holds a wall alone over a console or a bar cart, and it anchors a group better. Hang it with the city prints in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/texas-wall-art\"\u003eTexas wall art\u003c\/a\u003e collection, or send it to somebody who moved off — that is what the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/homesick-texan-gifts\"\u003eHomesick Texan\u003c\/a\u003e prints are for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this an actual Steinbeck quote?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes. “Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession.” is from \u003cem\u003eTravels with Charley: In Search of America\u003c\/em\u003e, 1962. This print uses his words; the city versions in the series are Crum Art's own riff on the line, not anything Steinbeck wrote.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it work as a gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e It is a housewarming print for someone who just moved here and a homesick print for someone who left. Both land.\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":47727575302333,"sku":"texas-state-of-mind-8x8-matted-12x12","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x12 (No Mat)","offer_id":47727575433405,"sku":"texas-state-of-mind-12x12","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x16","offer_id":47727575466173,"sku":"texas-state-of-mind-16x16","price":78.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x20","offer_id":47727575498941,"sku":"texas-state-of-mind-20x20","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x24","offer_id":47727575531709,"sku":"texas-state-of-mind-24x24","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/3439\/1229\/files\/Texas_State_Of_Mind8x8_square_gold_frame_143.jpg?v=1778541205","url":"https:\/\/www.crumart.com\/products\/texas-state-of-mind-art-print-betsy-crum","provider":"Crum Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}