painting

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Though he went on to craft a career in the public eye as a musician, comedian and actor, painting remained his “true vocation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The tweens came down from Napa, Calif., to showcase their acrylic comic-strip painting featuring Mexican soccer player Alexis Vega, who channels his Mesoamerican ancestors when scoring the victory goal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He painted The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, which still hangs in St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, and is the only painting Caravaggio ever signed.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

He grew up at the mountain’s foot, and the organic rhythms of his painting, done at age 76, convey a lived understanding of its patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

I cut out poster board and stacked it to mimic Dad’s topographical map, painting the whole thing in shades of green and brown.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila