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
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.
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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
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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Gibbon started his research by reading about the famous Irish family as there was slim pickings for visual references apart from a few paintings and photographs.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
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In addition, Pantzer collected Japanese prints and Impressionist paintings.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
26 Sep. 2025
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For his second Sergio Rossi collection, the designer teamed up with British abstract artist Richard Zinon, who created an installation of canvases, turning Sergio Rossi’s showroom into an art gallery for the day.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Her canvases are bigger, her audiences larger and her outfits even sparklier.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Oil paintings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oil%20paintings. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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