The term 'Overpainting' refers to a style of art whereby new layers of paint are applied to an already existing piece art to either change its visual impact or enhance it in some more way. This permits artists to further complicated the original art by adding more depth, texture and meaning. This peice of art started gaining traction during the second half of the twentieth century and especially with modern, contemporary artists who tried to fight the rest of the world where art was viewed as static. Other artists associated with overpainting are Gerhard Richter and Frank Auerbach. Richter is well known due to being layered and abstract as well as Auerbach well known from his thick impasto surfaces which are very dynamic. Artists after adopting overpainting were able to change previously simplistic works of art into more interseting two and three-dimesional representations and from the point of view where the viewer can interact with the peice of art in ways that were previously unexplored.