As he had expected, there was a skylight, plate glass painted black against the sun and any chance of outside scrutiny.

His face painted a red brush stroke against the glass as he slid down to where the dead men go.

"He tends to paint a broad brush against all banks in terms of their track record."

The chairs had high backs, and were carved with the figure of a tall tree painted silver against the dark wood.

Ms. Rutherford's lawyer painted the case as a white media plot against the city's black leadership.

The hard, yellow light from an emergency lamp painted his face in bright relief against the cold darkness around him.

From the beginning of the 1970s he painted religious topics, against state orders.

I would like to paint portraits against a background that is so lively and yet so still.

In many cases he also chose to paint his lines and signs against a black background.

They made a trip to Eriskay in 1905, in which occasion he painted her against the island's landscape.