Celso Pepito's Impasto Paintings
Impasto is a technique used in painting where paint is laid on thickly to give a painting texture and an almost 3D effect. It can be accomplished with mediums such as acrylic, oil, or gouache . Early in painting, it was thought that the image being captured was more important than the medium it was painted with. Attention was drawn to the subject instead of the paint and canvas itself. The first notable artist to start painting with the Impasto technique was Rembrandt . In one of his self portraits from 1659. Thicker brush strokes are clearly visible across his face to give himself a weathered look. Here are examples of Celso Pepito 's impasto paintings from Amuma ni Mama , an Art Exhibit in SM City Cebu . The show's works capture the bond of a mother and her child by standing on art making's principles of compositional balance and by showing what can be in working through the ins and out of creative explorations and personal creative distillations. Amuma ni Ma...