"Time well spent"

Paper Print Of original "Empasto" oil painting By Jesska Hannigan.

“Time Well Spent”

Soft lilac and blush tones sweep across the trunk of a sunlit gum tree, its limbs stretching skyward in quiet resilience. Time Well Spent captures the stillness of a moment — where light filters through branches and the air hums with memory. Painted in the studio from plein air sketches and reflections gathered on a recent outback trip with her family, this expressive landscape celebrates connection: to nature, to time, and to the simple act of being present.

With impasto brushwork and a gentle palette, the piece explores the emotional weight of slowing down and seeing beauty in the everyday. Every stroke is layered with warmth and contemplation — an homage to the hours spent observing, feeling, and translating the world back onto canvas. Original Painting was painted in oils on Canvas.

Empasto Painting – Description; Empasto is a painting technique where paint—typically oil or acrylic—is applied thickly onto the canvas or surface, so that brushstrokes or palette knife marks are visibly textured and three-dimensional. The word "empasto" comes from the Italian impastare, meaning "to paste" or "to knead," reflecting the sculptural quality of the medium when used in this way.

In empasto painting, the paint is often laid on straight from the tube or mixed with a medium to retain its shape. Artists use this technique to create a tactile surface, emphasize light and shadow, and convey emotion or movement. The raised areas catch and reflect light differently, adding a dynamic and expressive quality to the artwork.

Empasto is valued not only for its visual depth but also for the physical presence it gives a painting, often blurring the line between two-dimensional painting and sculpture.

Paper Type - Hahnemühle German etching
 A heavy-duty paper with a slightly more textured finish than photo
rag. The velvety matte surface is optimised for high-contrast prints
and works brilliantly for limited editions. This vegan certified paper
has a warm white hue providing a perfect surface for reproducing
paintings, lithographs and fine art photography.
 All  sizes will be sent rolled In a mailing tube