Frank Auerbach
Things that interested me with Auerbach was ways in which he painted portraits. Not doing it in one sitting, Auerbach wanted to capture the change in people as they aged or how they looked different to every sitting. For example, when painting Estella Olive West (actress), it took 23 years of painting before completing the portrait with regular sittings. Despite the portrait looking very blurry and general, this painting was completed in 70 sittings and each sitting he painted a new portrait on top of the last one, having the final outcome be accumulated of his perspective over a period of time. Overall I think it’s very interesting and clever way of painting as its very different and is an interesting take on perspective.