has he been pretty modest some portraits by old masters foca hamis was ahead of his time. how many times have we seen these kinds of noble figures in museums the rich and the beautiful of past era. these paintings were meant to demonstrate their subjects' high standing and character. artist for guy hammond's loves portrait painting and draws inspiration from the work of his predecessors paintings like this one form the basis of ham s's images he processes the works of old masters digitally he valves and wraps he caricature hers and presents the purely representational pictures in an entirely new way. we can visit who go there he can break down the hurdle to these works if you just had a humorous aspect which of the same time highlights important features of the image without overwhelming it is a mask a hammer aims to unmask he makes use of whatever is already present in the painting he adds nothing of his own but merely reproduces and deliberately exaggerates the codes built into the originals they were plain to see at the time of their creation but today they have to be p