Impasto is a popular painting technique that involves using unusually thick layers of paint that come out of the canvas. In this case, visible brushwork becomes another expressive means for an artist.

Titled Elimar and dated 1889, the thick impasto oil painting depicts a fisherman with a white beard, holding a pipe in his mouth, and wearing a round brown hat. The man appears to be sitting in ...

Trudy Benson is a contemporary American painter best known for her large-scale abstract compositions utilizing hyperbolized gestures such as extreme impasto, hyper-saturation ... “For me, painting has ...