Example Sentences

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Lovelace is an oil painter and uses rich colours and bold shapes, which joyfully and playfully depict, and are inspired by, the people and landscapes of his native Trinidad.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2023

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

Signori is a masterly oil painter who builds images in the classical manner with a succession of glazes.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

Both Salinas and Butcher are trained fine artists and Hurtado still actively moonlights as an oil painter, mostly doing portraits.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2021

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

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow