oil painting

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Recent Examples of oil painting An oil painting by Pablo Picasso, unseen by the public for more than 80 years, will go under the hammer in Paris next month. Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 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 Currently on view is a solo show by artist Isabelle McCormick that blends oil painting and sculpture to evoke the virtual world in physical forms that question our relationships with technology. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oil painting
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Noun
  • Sculptures and large-scale paintings typically fill the museum’s exhibition halls, as well.
    Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In the house, they’re represented as starry lights, a firefly painting (Windham was an avid painter), and a full-size Firefly scareactor.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But a landscape to another person can be a totally blue canvas.
    Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Canvas Tote Bag Upgrade your standard tote bag with this canvas option that has external side pockets, a shoulder strap, and a removable carabiner.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025

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