Jerry Saltz

Mark Grotjahn's large new paintings abound with torrents of ropy impasto, laid down in thickets, cascading waves, and bundles that swell, braid around, or overlap one another.

American Critic

Alexander McCall Smith

You do not have to ladle on the impasto to make a point about human frailty or ambitions.

Scottish Writer

Understand 'impasto' as a method artists use to add texture and depth to paintings.

Art Technique

'Impasto' means you can often see the tool marks left on the painting, like brushstrokes.

Visible Strokes

The paint is applied very thickly in 'impasto', sometimes straight from the tube.

Thick Application

'Impasto' in a culinary context refers to the dough base for pizzas and some breads.

Italian Cuisine

Proper kneading affects the texture of 'impasto', crucial for a good pizza crust.

Kneading Importance

The thickness of 'impasto' changes based on the type of pizza or bread desired.

Thickness Varies

 what colors I should use for the impasto highlights -- that doesn't really exist for dark skin. It's not a thing. It's not a thing because the reality is, our skin wasn't considered beautiful. The picture, the world that is represented in the history of paintings