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oil painter

American  
[oil paynt-er] / ˈɔɪl ˌpeɪnt ər /

noun

  • oil painters
    plural
  1. an artist who makes use of oil paints.


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And this time, just for laughs, he left behind oil painter Peter Brown, commissioned to capture the scenes he would miss.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025

In addition to acting and directing, Hickman also flexed his artistic talents as an oil painter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2022

Trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, he traveled to Europe and worked as an illustrator before striking out on his own, first as a watercolorist and then as an oil painter.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Her mother was a stay-at-home parent, and is now an oil painter whose work was shown most recently in April at the Ross Gallery in Charlotte, N.C.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2019

The article went on to list Orson’s additional talents as an oil painter, magician, and makeup artist.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

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