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
Image An untitled oil painting by George Morrison from 1965 charts two-dimensional topographies dissected by grid lines.
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Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
His father, a wildlife artist, created several oil paintings that adorn the walls throughout the castle.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Caitlin Pluta, who lives in New South Wales, Australia, picked up oil painting for the first time in September 2023 at age 30, and just six months later had gone on to create a piece of artwork that would later sell for $1,600AUD ($1,020USD).
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The show will feature oil paintings, acrylic, mixed media and resin art.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
His father, a wildlife artist, created several oil paintings that adorn the walls throughout the castle.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Caitlin Pluta, who lives in New South Wales, Australia, picked up oil painting for the first time in September 2023 at age 30, and just six months later had gone on to create a piece of artwork that would later sell for $1,600AUD ($1,020USD).
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The show will feature oil paintings, acrylic, mixed media and resin art.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oil painting
Noun
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Orlik used to glimpse Warhol paintings on the walls inside.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
17 June 2025
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In Wertheimer’s painting, Agrippina’s friend and attendant Acerronia Polla clings to her for dear life as the opulent ship built to fall apart is doing its dirty work.—
Diana Arterian
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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But here, King and Flanagan do it without a heavy hand on the macabre, even though the initial canvas is only a short-story format.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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For example, Johnson has embraced what art historians call gestural abstraction, a spontaneous style of smearing, pouring or dribbling paint on canvas, pioneered by artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, who also incorporated figures into his expressive technique.—
Jacoba Urist,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 June 2025
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