Melbourne dad recreates Old Masters with adorable daughter Potatoes. Picture: Bill Gekas Source: Supplied LITTLE Athena is the picture of classic art in these remarkable recreations of classic paintings, with the paintbrush replaced by modern digital imagery. Bill Gekas loves the old masters paintings. Think Vermeer's The Girl With The Pearl Earring and Reubens' Portrait of Clara Serena. Sadly for him he couldn't ever paint or draw. Not that he let that stop the award-winning photographer from paying homage to the granddaddies of the art world. Learning the intricacies of modern studio lighting allowed him to capture these images of his five-year-old daughter Athena - like a master. Little Athena -such a fitting name for this old-worldly model- patiently poses up in full costume while her dad snaps away. But not for too long says Gekas: "We only shoot once every few weeks or so and the time in front of the camera for our daughter is about 10 minutes at most, so photography isn't something that's constantly in front of her to the point of it becoming boring." The key, according to Gekas, is preparation, which is painstakingly undertaken by the photographer and his wife in their spare time. It's clear to see that this art-loving family love working together as the series includes almost 60 images shows. Athena gets to stay in costume after the shoot and although she doesn't have any particular favourite dress some of the hats and headpieces do find their way around the house. While Gekas is a professional photographer this series is "more about having fun with the camera and spending a little time once in a while doing something creative altogether as a family." This family fun has won Gekas some serious worldwide fanfair though, picking up art prizes all over the world. Even the home of the masters, Holland, tipping their hat to Gekas' work with a full-page feature in the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad last month, an experience Gekas has called surreal. Plums. Picture: Bill Gekas Source: News Limited To see more of Gekas' work check out his website here.