Maternal Saint Enoch
St Enoch feeding her son St Mungo – mural by SmugGeorge Street, Glasgow, May 2019 Australian street artist Sam Bates, aka Smug, painted this giant mural in summer 2018. It […]
All dressed up and nowhere to go
Duke of Wellington, Glasgow, November 2017 – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 26 January 2021 Posted as part of Becky’s January SquareUp …
An alternative perspective
Smug’s versions of classic art on Argyle Street, Glasgow, November 2017 – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 17 July 2020 Posted as part of SquarePerspectives and Monday Mural
Feet
There are treasures at our feet. Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own feet post.To join the challenge, please use pingback […]
Stan Laurel in Glasgow
Stan Laurel was added to the decorations on the outside of the Clutha Bar in 2015, by street artist Art Pistol. Laurel was born in Lancashire, but grew up in […]
Cat Lady
– Copyright Debbie Smyth, 3 July 2019 Posted as part of July Squares
The Mackintosh rose
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 – 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. Influenced by the industrial city of Glasgow, in which he spent most of his life, plus […]
Fashion
There are several equestrian statues in central Glasgow, and most of the riders have gone for traditional feathered fashion for their head gear: However, the Duke of Wellington still prefers […]
Arms raised
This statue is a memorial to Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez (1895 – 1989) and a thank you to those who went out from Britain to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Also […]
Cloudy mosaic
The neoclassical building in Glasgow’s Royal Exchange Square was built in 1778 as the townhouse of a wealthy Glasgow Tobacco Lord. It has changed its role a few times since then, and it now houses […]
The wave rose high
The Gallery is the work of street artist Sam Bates, aka Smug. He covered a giant wall space in Glasgow with his own interpretation of a number of famous pieces […]
