GlasGogh Places
GlasGogh Places began with a simple bit of imagination: what if Vincent van Gogh had painted Glasgow?
That idea opened the door. At first, the paintings were direct conversations with Van Gogh’s most recognisable works, Glasgow landmarks stepping into the colours, skies and brushwork of Arles, Saint-Rémy and Auvers. But over time, GlasGogh has grown into its own style: still inspired by Van Gogh, but no longer tied only to direct references.
This collection now celebrates Glasgow as it is today, characterful, cosmopolitan, weather-beaten, beautiful, bold and full of stories. It takes in grand buildings, riverside views, old tenements, wet pavements, parks, blossoms, music venues, familiar streets and unexpected corners of the city. Some places are iconic.
GlasGogh Places is not just Glasgow painted in the style of Van Gogh. It is Glasgow seen through the GlasGogh lens: a city of memory, humour, grit, beauty and imagination, painted with warmth, energy and plenty of cobalt blue.
Each painting has a unique frame. GlasGogh has environmental ambitions vision and many of the paintings have been housed in a reclaimed frame from the Van Gogh era. We are on the hunt for more to complete the sets!
GlasGogh People
GlasGogh People is a playful and affectionate portrait collection that brings Vincent van Gogh’s famous sitters into conversation with modern Glasgow and Scottish culture.
Each painting begins with an original Van Gogh portrait, a postman, a young man, a friend, a figure from his world, and reimagines it with a familiar GlasGogh face. Comedians, actors, singers and cultural characters take the place of Van Gogh’s subjects, creating a new cast of portraits that celebrate personality, creativity and connection. The idea is simple: what if Van Gogh had met Glasgow?
The collection explores the links between past and present, Arles and Glasgow, portraiture and popular culture. Van Gogh painted people with feeling. GlasGogh follows that spirit by celebrating figures who carry their own stories, voices and emotional charge.
Each of GlasGogh’s original oil paintings are framed in an antique or temporary classically styled frame. These gathered from the charity shops of Glasgow. A way of bringing them back to life. Many of them are dated from the time of Van Gogh, old meets new and makes it shine again.