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canvas

[kan-vuhs] / ˈkæn vəs /


NOUN
painting on coarse material
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The late filmmaker made the city his creative canvas.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Other times the canvas can still be enormous; what’s small is the intimate story Scott chooses to tell within it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Most enigmatic, perhaps, are large, two-sided, abstract drawings from the 1970s, both used in transferring images to canvas and ends in themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

"We usually rent newer houses that are a blank canvas so we can make them our own, although this last season the accommodation was provided furnished by Argyle," she says.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Then they rigged a sea anchor, a canvas cone dragged through the water to keep the boat turned into the storm.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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

Early in 2024, taggers began turning Oceanwide Plaza’s skyscrapers into canvases for graffiti.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 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

Early in 2024, taggers began turning its skyscrapers into canvases for graffiti.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Back at the inn, Vincent's friends divide up his canvases.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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