A story is told that Whistler once painted a tiny picture of a spray of roses.    From LearnThat.org.  [Sterling W. Sill, Source: Told by Sterling W. Sill in Majesty of Books, p. 128]

In public he wore a painted smile.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Freshly painted lawn furniture.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Brazen painted faces.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : a painted image. ,a painted chair. ,a painted life. ,a luridly painted version of what really happened.    From Dictionary.com. 

The name painted just above the door had been Blue Moon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

Two heroes, in painted wood, stood in my dark little entry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910] Reference

He showed me his name painted in white on his blue lunch box.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-09-03] Reference

Atmosphere in painted and papered rooms quite distinguishable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not] Reference

The manner in which his floors are painted is pretty and curious.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference

That's how workers spelled the word painted on the road near Southern.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

Cap'n Trainor's straining eyes deciphered her name painted on the bow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference

Tell me about "I'll Never Be Free" the phrase painted on your car's hood?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories] Reference

He promised to have the name painted on her stern by the next day I came.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures] Reference

Accordingly I had my name painted on her back in big Japanese characters.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Ghostly Japan] Reference

Many examples can be found in painted ex-votos from the eighteenth century.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico] Reference

And it isn't that the wall and sign have all been painted from the same tin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rust Never Sleeps] Reference

Have your name painted on it as soon as you get it, to make it your very own.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference

Festooned in painted flowered and ribbons, the lid was embossed with the words.    From Wordnik.com.  [A PINCH OF THIS & A BIT OF THAT] Reference

Judge Jeffrey's was the name painted on a swinging sign above the leaded windows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moontide]

He caught himself smiling at the name painted on the blue doors: TRAVELIN 'JOHNNY.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hoot]

You will see his name painted on the dial, and engraved on the works is his address.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher and the Clockmakers] Reference

The name painted on the ship's side as it left Durban and made for the Iranian port of.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

It cost eighteen pounds; on the same day there was a new name painted on the board below.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Stories]

Why, before he came on board, there was the name painted out, and he saw the whole thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ebb-Tide] Reference

But what closed the deal, Ryan Hawks said, was the name painted across the back of the boat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orange County Register - Homepage] Reference

Her name painted on her stern was the "Fougueux," and thirty ports were counted on each side.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea] Reference

And them lookin 'for him to be sittin' in a swing chair with his name painted big on the door!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Torchy] Reference

I hurriedly narrated what had happened, and for proof pointed to the name painted on the chest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference

"Before he went to Afghanistan, he really wanted his name painted on that rock," Jankowich said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tennessean.com Top News] Reference

She was scarce two hundred yards away now and he could plainly read the name painted on her side.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vision Splendid] Reference

A redesigned hardtop has larger rear side windows and the roof is available in painted body color.    From Wordnik.com.  [2011 Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, and Jeep vehicles are updated and show promise] Reference

It has a high peaked roof visible from the highway, and Deb had her name painted on it in bright letters.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

The name painted on Nick's boat was Double-Six, and it happened to be the highest scoring piece in the set.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cat Who Came To Breakfast]

The dealer in his trap -- his name painted in white letters on the shaft -- pulls up his quick pony, and sits askew on his seat to read.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hodge and His Masters] Reference

When he came up, she was sitting on a log beside the prow; with one hand she was tracing, it seemed wonderingly, the name painted there.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady of His Own]

At intervals, small paths led into the underbrush on the left, each marked by a name painted on a shingle or small boulder: SEAGULL INN.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cat Who Came To Breakfast]