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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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).
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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
The album cover itself, an oil painting by the artist Will St. John, channels the kind of art that might be hanging on the walls.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
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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
The album cover itself, an oil painting by the artist Will St. John, channels the kind of art that might be hanging on the walls.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oil painting
Noun
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Viewers who know af Klint for her iconic mystical paintings will discover a different dimension of her practice.—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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The burglar then removed the painting and fled from the home — and remains on the run, cops said Wednesday.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Later Piero Della Francesco, worked on canvas drawing a classical space, in which standing figures seem to hover.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
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That’s partially due to outside social forces that demand their love be kept private, behind closed doors or the canvases of a tent, but Hermanus and Shattuck aren’t interested in piling on that context, which has already been explored in so many other movies more directly.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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“Oil painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oil%20painting. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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