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
His father, a wildlife artist, created several oil paintings that adorn the walls throughout the castle.
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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
In fact, more than $4 million was invested in the art, which ranges from oil paintings of vintage vessels to a piano keyboard made from wood and a hanging rhino piece constructed from old flip-flops.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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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
In fact, more than $4 million was invested in the art, which ranges from oil paintings of vintage vessels to a piano keyboard made from wood and a hanging rhino piece constructed from old flip-flops.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oil painting
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The exhibit, which uses garments, paintings, video and more from the 1700s to today, will run at the MET through October.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
5 June 2025
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Raymond Saunders: Flowers From a Black Garden is a dynamic selection of the artist’s layered, mixed-media works that blend painting, drawing, and collage.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
4 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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“Oil painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oil%20painting. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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