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oil painting

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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 Step into the lobby and you’re immediately greeted by hulking oil paintings and standout works — around 130 pieces in all mediums sprinkled throughout the hotel. —

Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025 La Duna Gallery features oil paintings and glass mosaics by owners John and Dana Maher. —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2025 And then the close-ups are those hyperrealistic oil paintings. —

Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025 Safran takes ceramics and oil painting classes, attends water aerobics, plays bridge, and goes to art workshops. —

Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oil painting

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The humans in his paintings tend to be solemn, mysterious, and often on journeys to locations unknown.

— Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
The exhibition includes a selection of Farber’s largest tabletop paintings created between 1985 and his final year of work in 2007.

— La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026