I find Frank Helmut Auerbach an inspirational artist who uses mass amounts of oil paints in his own signature layering style.
Auerbach applies that much paint to his pieces that the canvas is raised by inches, with thick partially dried oil paint.
It has been said that his pieces can be so heavy that they fall off walls in exhibitions, and used to take excessive amounts of time to dry.
In this piece, it is amazing to see how he has created a detailed looking woman's face with hair, using just thick strokes of viscus paint. In this painting Auerbach has used bright, summer looking paints to create the woman's face, that sets a cheery mood, in adverse to if he had used dull mundane colours and she would look like a corpse.
In contrast to Auerbach's other painting, the colours used in this piece are very monotone and not vibrant at all, using this method, he manages to set a completely different mood, and draw emotions from the viewer that are opposite to his other pieces.
