• van Gogh Furniture Paints
    Supplying our paintologists with the information and tools they need
    to empower themselves and create stunning works of art!
  • Become a Paintologist
    If you're a creative type and you'd like to create with
    van Gogh fossil paints, come join the fam!
  • We Do Contemporary and Blingy Stuff Too!
    We've created these paints to cater to a certain look, true, but you can create almost
    anything with them. Check out some of the more diverse and unique uses of our paint!
  • What Can van Gogh Paint Do?
    Have a look at some of the works of art that our paintologists have created!

Are you passionate and creative about upcycling?

Do you want an easy-to-use furniture paint?

Do you want to support Canada by buying Canadian-made products?

Do you care about using environmentally friendly products?

Do you want to use products that won’t give off nasty fumes?

Do you want to save money?

Are you a garage sale and thrift store addict?

Would you like to add to your family income without leaving home?

Sound Good to You?

If you can totally identify with the questions above, you're probably already on your way to becoming a paintologist!
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The Latest from the Blog
  • February 12, 2014

    Mango Reclaimed Featured in East Magazine and a New Video

    One of our all-star paintologists and all around great person, Melanie Curley of Mango Reclaimed Vintage Furniture Studio, has just been featured in East Magazine. You can check out the entire issue online right here, or if you prefer, we’ve taken the liberty of extracting Melanie’s article into a smaller PDF that can be found here. As if scoring the cover of a magazine [...]

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  • April 7, 2013

    Stan Portley’s Does it AGAIN!

    Look at this awesome piece completed with van Gogh Fossil Paint Collection Furniture make-up and fossil paint!  FANTABULOUS! John and Bobbie Robinson did it again!  Another Lifestyle Show, another fabulous radio interview and to complete the trifecta, a front page newspaper article!  This dynamic duo is unstoppable!  We are so proud to have these wonderful people on our team.  Please check them out!  And [...]

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  • March 24, 2013

    Professor of Paintology

    We are pleased to introduce you to our resident Professor of Paintology, John Robinson! John exemplifies the van Gogh philosophy while operating a couple Stan Portley’s locations in Ontario with his wife Bobbi. If you’re wondering what it means to be a paintologist, there is nobody better suited to follow than John and Bobbi Robinson. They are fantastic!

What is van Gogh Fossil Paint?
Fossil paint has been around for hundreds, even thousands of years. Remember Tom Sawyer and the whitewash fence? Fossil paint! Cave art? Fossil paint! Frescos in the Sistine Chapel? Fossil Paint! All of these refer to fossil paint or some version of fossil paint. Using lime and pigment and magnesium or calcium carbonate (chalk) to create beauty is not a new invention.

So what we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is a revival of an ancient art form! But with all of the modern convenience of being able to run down to your favourite décor store and buy a quart or two ready-made!

Read more about our story here.

Become a Retailer
Find a van Gogh Fossil Paint Collection retailer in your area or discover how to become one, yourself!
Classes for Retailers
How many times have you gone into those expensive shabby chic, farm house or high end furniture stores and seen those distressed pieces with that hand-rubbed lustre and velvety matte finish and thought “I could do that”? Well now is your chance to put that thought into action!
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