as in paintings
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 paintings
The memories, artwork, belly laughter, handmade jewelry, oil paintings, sculptures, costumes, and all around joie de vivre live on.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 15 June 2026
The memories, artwork, belly laughter, handmade jewelry, oil paintings, sculptures, costumes and all around joie de vivre live on.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Spielberg even has one of her oil paintings hanging in his office.
—Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
The Daniel Merriam Gallery (also known as Bubble Street Gallery) is famous for its surrealist works, while Galerie Elektra showcases oil paintings and sculptures from artists worldwide.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026
Cy Hundley Chris Loverseed has been a dog trainer for more than 15 years, and more recently, an art lover—specifically, two large oil paintings of his dogs that hang on the walls of his Melbourne home.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The club’s iconic lunette windows (as seen on Paramount+ series, Landman) offer unique city views, with oil paintings and floor-to-ceiling wood-paneling dialing up the charm.
—Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
There remained his oil paintings and the many books marked by his handwriting in the margins—now mere traces of him.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
The 10 oil paintings, which are on the 18-meter-high (60-foot-high) ceilings of the renowned Burgtheater in Austria’s capital, are being restored because of water damage.
—ABC News, 5 May 2026
Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 15 June 2026
The memories, artwork, belly laughter, handmade jewelry, oil paintings, sculptures, costumes and all around joie de vivre live on.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Spielberg even has one of her oil paintings hanging in his office.
—Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
The Daniel Merriam Gallery (also known as Bubble Street Gallery) is famous for its surrealist works, while Galerie Elektra showcases oil paintings and sculptures from artists worldwide.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026
Cy Hundley Chris Loverseed has been a dog trainer for more than 15 years, and more recently, an art lover—specifically, two large oil paintings of his dogs that hang on the walls of his Melbourne home.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The club’s iconic lunette windows (as seen on Paramount+ series, Landman) offer unique city views, with oil paintings and floor-to-ceiling wood-paneling dialing up the charm.
—Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
There remained his oil paintings and the many books marked by his handwriting in the margins—now mere traces of him.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
The 10 oil paintings, which are on the 18-meter-high (60-foot-high) ceilings of the renowned Burgtheater in Austria’s capital, are being restored because of water damage.
—ABC News, 5 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oil paintings
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The striped abstract paintings throughout the installation are based on polo shirts worn by Cuban state security agents who blend into crowds during protests, while gladiolus flowers reference the Ladies in White dissident movement.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Both paintings had been a part of the hotel for more than a century.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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The Locke works are placed directly above and below a small Albers; inches away from each are examples of minerals, in their own display cases, which, jutting out from the wall, distract lamentably from the canvases.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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VanEmburgh has been painting for five years and mainly works with acrylics on larger canvases, normally 40 inches by 70 or 80 inches and paints in several layers.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 June 2026
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“Oil paintings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oil%20paintings. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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