Coloring Book, page 11

My love for Edward Hicks knows no bounds. The Quaker sign painter from Bucks County was a complete genius -- and a maniac of sorts, painting his "Peaceable Kingdom" paintings over and over again, each time with a slightly different aspect. There was a Hicks retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art a few years ago and I saw it three times. I wanted to move a bed in and live surrounded by the works that told of harmony and beauty, simplicity and enlightenment. I know they're fantasy works based on the bible but for my money, Hicks's lambs with the lions paintings are some of the best ever made. See the orginal here at flickr.