The phrase "a clear portrait" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a vivid or detailed representation of a person, situation, or concept, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The author painted a clear portrait of the protagonist's struggles, making it easy for readers to empathize with her journey."
Alternatives: "a vivid depiction" or "a detailed representation".
Together, the speakers painted a clear portrait of what design thinking means to them.
Our goal is that readers in the Bay Area, for the first time, will have a clear portrait of the reality and extent of the racial segregation in their communities.
We have exhausted a thesaurus of options in our attempts to describe these cyclical flashpoints, each of them unique, each of them warranting a clear portrait of its particulars, and yet all of them numbingly related — like a racialized version of "Groundhog Day".
First and foremost, I reached out to my friends, those few people I trusted to tell me the truth when my inner voice couldn't responsibly paint a clear portrait of my situation.
Books, keys and food wrappers paint a clear portrait of their owners' identity.
In other words, the remix never comes out exactly right (as how could it, given how much it constrains its author), and seemingly soul-baring "conceptual confessionalism" often just reveals how hard it is for us to understand ourselves and one another, rather than painting a clear portrait of its author.
A clearer portrait of Posada's frustration soon emerged, as a baseball executive with knowledge of the discussion characterized him as feeling upset and insulted for being dropped.
Meanwhile, a clearer portrait took shape of the suspect, including accusations that he had contact with a prominent Islamic State recruiter in Germany.
As a clearer portrait of Mr. Veal began to emerge from interviews with friends, acquaintances and co-workers, other motivations, personal as well as political, were suggested.
JACQUELINE FRASER, "A Clearer Portrait of the Lost Boys," Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, 97 North Ninth Street, Williamsburg, (718) 782-4100 (through Nov. 18).
The Tony nominations are in, and it would be difficult to come up with a season that presented a clearer portrait of where Broadway is headed and where it has been.
