11.   He liked to say that he had to make bad paintings so people would be able to identify the good ones.

12.   In essence he was making paintings that were made up of thousands of little paintings.

13.   It used to be that well-educated young people with something to say made paintings or staged performance pieces.

14.   It was like trying to make a painting in front of Van Gogh, but he was very kind and generous.

15.   Lombardi ran a small gallery while making abstract paintings on the side.

16.   Ms. Cowles makes naive paintings of flowers and animals, the sales of which are usually donated to her favorite charity, the World Wildlife Fund.

17.   Ms. Phillips makes blurry paintings based on satellite views of the earth that balance on the line between realism and abstraction.

18.   Reutelingsperger has made the paintings, which alternate between abstractions and, fittingly, sketchy images of architectural structures surrounded by colorful landscapes.

19.   She patiently instructs the young children in her charge how to make handprint paintings on T-shirts without leaving a mess behind.

20.   She made paintings, posters, wall hangings designed costumes and sets, designed furniture, and she taught.