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Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
This way, Slava and our cinematographer, Andrey Stefanov — an oil painter who had never used a professional-grade camera — learned how to translate their artistic instincts into cinema.
—Brendan Bellomo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Directing is an all-encompassing job, requiring a painter’s eye, a psychologist’s understanding of people, a juggler’s coordination and a general’s big-picture focus.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
The presence of Egyptian blue in the Domus Aurea suggests a colorful past that inspired another generation of Italian painters to recreate the vivid blue in their own work.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Paint with Alex Wednesday, Feb. 19, from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. All level painters are welcome to join us in the studio with working artist and educator Alex Schaefer.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
This way, Slava and our cinematographer, Andrey Stefanov — an oil painter who had never used a professional-grade camera — learned how to translate their artistic instincts into cinema.
—Brendan Bellomo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Directing is an all-encompassing job, requiring a painter’s eye, a psychologist’s understanding of people, a juggler’s coordination and a general’s big-picture focus.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
The presence of Egyptian blue in the Domus Aurea suggests a colorful past that inspired another generation of Italian painters to recreate the vivid blue in their own work.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Painter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painter. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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painter
1 of 3 noun
paint·er
ˈpānt-ər 
: one that paints
especially
: an artist who paints
painter
2 of 3 noun
pain·ter
: a line used for attaching or towing a boat
painter
3 of 3 noun
pain·ter
: cougar
Etymology
Noun
from paint (verb) and -er (noun suffix)
Noun
Middle English paynter "a line used for securing a boat," probably from early French pentoir, penteur "clothesline"
Noun
an altered form of panther
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