canvas

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His canvas was vast and so were his themes, chief among them a clear-eyed assessment of that part of the nation so essential to the formation of America’s national identity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“Sinners” is a meditation on how the past’s crimes and terrors bleed into the present, rendered by a Black artist using a popular genre, horror, as half of his canvas.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

Influencers are posting about their “analog bag,” a canvas bag filled with craft supplies or purchasing a refurbished iPod to participate in this trend.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

Bare-knuckle boxer Liam Rees is aware of the dangers when he steps onto the canvas.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Under the pew, I tapped his metal crutches with the tip of my blue canvas shoe.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen