as in painting
a picture created with oil paint
hung a beautiful oil painting of the bay on the living room wall
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Recent Examples of oil painting
Assembled by Christine Guérard over her lifetime, the antiques collection is a melange of colorful Persian carpets, oil paintings, fine French cabinetry, and Asian objets d’art.
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Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 20 Jan. 2026
Hagege’s oil paintings take on Western art’s familiar subjects.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
Robert Burleigh’s work as an artist extended across the fields of poetry, oil painting, music and writing more than 50 children’s picture books in a career that began as a newspaper reporter.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
At Reston Art Gallery, which is only open on weekends, look for rotating exhibitions in a variety of art mediums, including photography, sculpture, and oil painting.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2026
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Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 20 Jan. 2026
Hagege’s oil paintings take on Western art’s familiar subjects.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
Robert Burleigh’s work as an artist extended across the fields of poetry, oil painting, music and writing more than 50 children’s picture books in a career that began as a newspaper reporter.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
At Reston Art Gallery, which is only open on weekends, look for rotating exhibitions in a variety of art mediums, including photography, sculpture, and oil painting.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oil painting
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The process of making those larger paintings has a little bit of an assembly-line aspect to it.—
Alex Bacon,
Artforum,
10 Feb. 2026
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There will be shopping, rides, henna and face painting.—
Alyson Rodriguez,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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From crisp cutouts decorated in royal icing, to soft and cakey sugar cookies, or even sugar cookies bars, the simple vanilla dough is a blank canvas for all sorts of designs and flavors.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
9 Feb. 2026
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But more often than not, her stylist's canvas is long hair.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Oil painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oil%20painting. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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