variants
also canvass
as in painting
a picture created with oil paint
one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine
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Noteworthy Shirtdresses Think of the shirtdress as a sartorial blank canvas.
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Christina Holevas, Vogue, 29 July 2025
The space is modest but alive with experimentation: layers of acrylic, snippets of scripture and raw canvases in mid-transformation.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2025
Bates worked simultaneously on 18 canvases as each painting took shape.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Series made on such a large canvas require ever more these days the involvement of a streaming service – global, regional or national – to realize the potential of their scale.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 24 July 2025
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Christina Holevas, Vogue, 29 July 2025
The space is modest but alive with experimentation: layers of acrylic, snippets of scripture and raw canvases in mid-transformation.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2025
Bates worked simultaneously on 18 canvases as each painting took shape.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Series made on such a large canvas require ever more these days the involvement of a streaming service – global, regional or national – to realize the potential of their scale.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 24 July 2025
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painting
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Shop for antiques, clothing, birdhouses, leather, mid-century furniture, paintings, cutting boards, and more.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Aug. 2025
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In the contemporary landscape, Glasgow continues to be a crucible for innovation through alumni such as Jenny Saville, renowned for her large-scale, visceral figurative paintings that challenge conventional representations of the body.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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