as in paintings
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 paintings
Wittenberg has, for the past decade, used a broom instead of a paint brush on her oil paintings.
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Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
The Hilberts collected watercolors, oil paintings, and prints depicting everyday life in California plus major collections of animation and movie production art, and American illustrations.
—Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Cameron creates oil paintings, embroidery and mixed media collages.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
Working with both oil paintings and performance art, her pieces are aimed at protecting and honoring the earth.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Rooted in Taoism and Zen Buddhism, his ink-on-paper compositions and oil paintings—celebrated in global collections and high-profile auctions—transform philosophy into visceral experience.
—Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Her mother entered a few of Sophia’s oil paintings in the 2025 Youth Art Contest organized by The International Art Museum of America, where her entries advanced to the second round.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Other features include a main-level bedroom adorned with early Northern California oil paintings and large-scale photographs of nearby Point Lobos, as well as a fireside formal dining room that seats 10, three kitchens, and two primary suites.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2025
Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
The Hilberts collected watercolors, oil paintings, and prints depicting everyday life in California plus major collections of animation and movie production art, and American illustrations.
—Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Cameron creates oil paintings, embroidery and mixed media collages.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
Working with both oil paintings and performance art, her pieces are aimed at protecting and honoring the earth.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Rooted in Taoism and Zen Buddhism, his ink-on-paper compositions and oil paintings—celebrated in global collections and high-profile auctions—transform philosophy into visceral experience.
—Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Her mother entered a few of Sophia’s oil paintings in the 2025 Youth Art Contest organized by The International Art Museum of America, where her entries advanced to the second round.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Other features include a main-level bedroom adorned with early Northern California oil paintings and large-scale photographs of nearby Point Lobos, as well as a fireside formal dining room that seats 10, three kitchens, and two primary suites.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oil paintings
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Thieves have often targeted Picasso’s paintings, which have fetched up to $179 million at auction.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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The exhibition featured paintings from 2007 to the present on the themes of love, loss, hope and grief.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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This year, 34 local artists were turned loose to create unique works of art with blank ceramic skulls as their canvasses.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
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His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori, an art restorer and former forger (Michaela Coel), to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access eight unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in storage.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Oil paintings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oil%20paintings. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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