An oil or acrylic painting with thickly laid paint. A paint program can provide the impasto effect electronically as in the following example. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...

Image caption, Noon, or The Siesta, After Millet, Vincent Van Gogh, 1890, oil on canvas (Peter Horree / Alamy Stock Photo) Applying thick areas of paint on a canvas like this is known as impasto.