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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Typically, the latest available presidential portrait — often a realistic oil painting — hangs in the main entrance hall, where heads of state are welcomed.
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New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
And to avoid the appearance of simple wooden dolls as characters, Lavis and Szczerbowski had the heads of their puppets designed to look like old wood with multilayered oil painting that in reality are silicon molds placed on white plastic.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
The 20-foot walls are hung salon-style with gilt frames surrounding oil paintings flirting at once with modernism and Renaissance styles.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
This season, production designer Guy Barnes and his wife, set decorator Wendy Ozols-Barnes, introduced new sets like Vaggan’s bunker, which is layered with a fascinating collection of vintage weapons, oil painting supplies for Gunther and vinyl records.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
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New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
And to avoid the appearance of simple wooden dolls as characters, Lavis and Szczerbowski had the heads of their puppets designed to look like old wood with multilayered oil painting that in reality are silicon molds placed on white plastic.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
The 20-foot walls are hung salon-style with gilt frames surrounding oil paintings flirting at once with modernism and Renaissance styles.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
This season, production designer Guy Barnes and his wife, set decorator Wendy Ozols-Barnes, introduced new sets like Vaggan’s bunker, which is layered with a fascinating collection of vintage weapons, oil painting supplies for Gunther and vinyl records.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oil painting
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Competing Colors One painting mistake that will diminish the appearance of even the nicest new kitchen is not thoughtfully considering how your cabinet or wall color will coordinate with other elements in the room.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
7 Apr. 2026
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Carla says her parents had no idea who might be behind the robberies and were surprised the thieves had ignored the millions of dollars’ worth of paintings.—
Jennifer Cannon,
Vanity Fair,
7 Apr. 2026
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The show uses oil-on-canvas matte paintings, paintbrush strokes on glass panes, and even live-action, practical models for some of the spaceships.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
6 Apr. 2026
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Big Chief Demond and his wife Alicia, meticulous as surgeons, sew beads the size of chia seeds on a canvas and stitch rhinestones in place with dental floss — painting with beads — making artwork for his suit.—
Nichole Marks,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Oil painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oil%20painting. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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