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canvas

[kan-vuhs] / ˈkæn vəs /


NOUN
painting on coarse material
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McGee’s own work is also in dialogue with itself: Geometric patterns, inspired in part by Islamic tile designs, share the canvas with his trademark male faces with drooping, melancholic eyes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The challenger then slipped to the canvas, briefly raising hopes of a knockdown among the home crowd.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The frame of "Young Woman at the Well" was slightly damaged, while "the canvas of 'Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano' had a tear," Bessone said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Directed by Bob Saget and Neil Berkeley, this Netflix documentary offers an affectionate look at the performer, who died in 2024 and who pursued his true passion on canvas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The director climbed out of her tall canvas chair and came over to see what the holdup was.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

She is best known for her monochromatic abstract paintings evoking fishing nets, and for canvases and large spaces covered with polka dots, evoking hallucinations she had as a child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Although his canvases typically sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, when he completed a large mural for the Palestinian Museum, his requested fee was only a fig tree to be planted in the garden.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Breakfast burritos in L.A. are canvases for individual creative expression, innovations that graft global cuisines or basic energy bombs to fuel the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Using shaped canvases and also experimenting with sculpture, the artist deployed boundary-pushing techniques that are represented by works spanning the entirety of his career.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

I rip the canvases into shreds, breaking them into parts—cotton, linen, glue, and aged hemp.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton


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