Unsettling Icons | Tim Curry as Pennywise | Caya Crum
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Unsettling Icons — Tim Curry as Pennywise
This is Caya Crum's portrait of Tim Curry as Pennywise from the 1990 It miniseries — but not the one from the storm drain. This Pennywise is off the clock: eyes closed, a cigarette hanging off his lip, a blue umbrella open against a starry night sky, a blue coat pulled tight over the ruffled collar, alone in a green field with nobody left to scare. The red hair, the blue-shadowed eyes and the little red nose are all Curry's; the mood is entirely Caya's — the same quiet-cigarette register as her smoking cowboys, pointed at the scariest clown in television history. She leaves the bottom third of the sheet as bare paper on purpose, because the empty space is where the dread lives. It's horror movie fan art in her loose, saturated hand — a painting, not a screen grab — and it hangs in the same rogues' gallery as her Frank N. Furter print, which means two Tim Currys on one wall if you're the kind of person who'd want that. (You are.) Make it a triple bill with Betsy Crum's River Oaks Theatre print — the Houston marquee lit up for Rocky Horror, a double-feature homage to the same man.
A word on the man himself: Frank-N-Furter, Darkness in Legend, Wadsworth in Clue, Long John Silver, the concierge in Home Alone 2, Nigel Thornberry — nobody has ever committed harder to a bit or been more generous doing it. We just finished his memoir, Vagabond, and it only confirmed what the roles already said: an icon and a legend, in that order. Round out the set with Caya's Shelley Duvall as Wendy and the Jack Nicholson print from the same Unsettling Icons series.
Where It'll Work in Your House
Home theater first — and if your home theater is your living room, that's where he goes. He anchors a gallery wall of horror and clown art, holds a man cave hostage from over the film shelf, and is the reason the Halloween art never comes down in October. A guaranteed hit as a gift for a boyfriend or dad who read the book under the covers in 1987. More strange and wonderful pieces in weirdcore art, and the whole family of portraits in Caya Crum's collection. Painted by Caya 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.
About These Prints
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.
Made with love. Signed by hand. Shipped with care. Hung with joy.
Product FAQ
What is the Tim Curry Pennywise print?
It's Caya Crum's painted portrait of Tim Curry as Pennywise from the 1990 It miniseries, part of her Unsettling Icons series — Pennywise off the clock: eyes closed, cigarette on his lip, blue umbrella open against a starry night, blue coat over the ruffled collar, alone in a green field. The bottom third of the sheet is left as bare paper on purpose. A hand-painted homage in her loose, saturated style, not a screen grab.
Is this the 1990 Tim Curry Pennywise or the 2017 movie version?
Tim Curry, 1990, the ABC miniseries — the original and, for a lot of us, the only one. Curry played him like a birthday-party clown who has quietly decided to eat you; Caya paints him on his break, cigarette and umbrella, which is somehow worse.
Does the Pennywise print pair with anything else in the store?
Caya's Frank N. Furter print is the natural partner — two Tim Curry roles, one wall — and Betsy Crum's River Oaks Theatre print, the Houston marquee lit up for Rocky Horror, makes it a triple bill. It also sits in the Unsettling Icons series with Caya's Shelley Duvall as Wendy and Jack Nicholson prints from The Shining for a full horror gallery wall.
Where does the Pennywise print work, and who is it for?
A home theater, media room, or the living room that doubles as one; a man cave with a film shelf; or the front of a Halloween gallery wall that stays up all year. It's a sure gift for boyfriends, dads, and Stephen King readers — especially anyone who just read Tim Curry's memoir, Vagabond.