as in canvases
a picture created with oil paint
the Mona Lisa is a haunting painting of a woman with a most mysterious smile
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Others recalled seeing them in one of their vehicles with the dogs, but that was years ago too, as was their last appearance at Jinja, a restaurant Gene once partly owned with the aforementioned Doug; Gene’s paintings still brighten the walls.
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Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The protests stretched beyond India’s borders, too, with London’s Asia House controversially canceling an exhibition of Husain’s work in 2006, citing security concerns, after Hindu groups demanded its closure and vandals defaced two of his paintings.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Her movies can resemble landscape paintings, like those by the artist Arthur Dove.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
The gallery will mount with a solo exhibition featuring Stallone’s abstract canvas paintings.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The book also features 250 color illustrations of sketches, paintings, handwritten budgets and WhatsApp screenshots that trace Dillane’s evolution from selling T-shirts out of his dorm room at New York University to a stint creating a menswear collection for Louis Vuitton.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
The technique gives the viewer the feeling of being engrossed inside the image and is used to great effect in with hundreds of maps and thousands of lithographs, letters and paintings.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
From the paintings to the menu, her influence was everywhere.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Lockhart said Patterson’s paintings drew on her experiences on visits to Ireland’s Aran Islands between 1960 and 1989 and captured the quiet moments of individual lives.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The protests stretched beyond India’s borders, too, with London’s Asia House controversially canceling an exhibition of Husain’s work in 2006, citing security concerns, after Hindu groups demanded its closure and vandals defaced two of his paintings.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Her movies can resemble landscape paintings, like those by the artist Arthur Dove.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
The gallery will mount with a solo exhibition featuring Stallone’s abstract canvas paintings.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The book also features 250 color illustrations of sketches, paintings, handwritten budgets and WhatsApp screenshots that trace Dillane’s evolution from selling T-shirts out of his dorm room at New York University to a stint creating a menswear collection for Louis Vuitton.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
The technique gives the viewer the feeling of being engrossed inside the image and is used to great effect in with hundreds of maps and thousands of lithographs, letters and paintings.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
From the paintings to the menu, her influence was everywhere.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Lockhart said Patterson’s paintings drew on her experiences on visits to Ireland’s Aran Islands between 1960 and 1989 and captured the quiet moments of individual lives.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paintings
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Needlepoint Did your grandmother spend her time needlepointing canvases that never made it to a finished product?—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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The characters from Malczewski’s canvases march through successive decades, fighting and fleeing various yokes.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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In Mamba & Mambacita Forever, Bryant pairs the images and stories of more than a hundred murals honoring her husband and daughter.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The four murals went to three separate buyers and are estimated to have collectively fetched $20 million, though no sum has been officially disclosed.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
29 Oct. 2025
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