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also canvass
as in painting
a picture created with oil paint
one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine
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After the presentation outside the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on North Franklin Street, community members were invited to add their own touches to the canvas.
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Laura Fay, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
On the east side of the Statehouse, people were layering tissue paper on a large canvas to create multi-colored flowers.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 28 Mar. 2026
On rare occasions, after a heavy bout of winter rains, the landscape in spring will burst with Mexican poppies — droplets of sunshine splattered on a canvas of golf-course green.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Another late work, Color Wheel, 2018–19, comprises a group of thirty massive canvases arranged in a circle, each a vivid, monochromatic shade atop which has been painted a single, dripping bar of complementary hue.
—News Desk, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
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Laura Fay, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
On the east side of the Statehouse, people were layering tissue paper on a large canvas to create multi-colored flowers.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 28 Mar. 2026
On rare occasions, after a heavy bout of winter rains, the landscape in spring will burst with Mexican poppies — droplets of sunshine splattered on a canvas of golf-course green.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Another late work, Color Wheel, 2018–19, comprises a group of thirty massive canvases arranged in a circle, each a vivid, monochromatic shade atop which has been painted a single, dripping bar of complementary hue.
—News Desk, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canvas
painting
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Similarly, Aram’s site-specific installation at the 2026 Whitney Biennial—comprising a new paravent, painting, collage, and sculpture, all against walls brushed pink and green by the artist himself—echoes this critique within a curatorial context that is national in scope.—
Julian Stern,
Artforum,
24 Mar. 2026
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The bright, cheery room, decorated with technicolor serapes and paintings of idyllic tropical-village scenes, felt almost like a taunt.—
Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Canvas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvas. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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