AT 13, Hicks was apprenticed to a coach maker who taught him ornamental and sign painting, crafts he used throughout his life.

At 13, he was apprenticed to a local coach-making firm and showed a flair for ornamental painting: heraldic devices, fancy lettering and so on.

Attention was drawn to the similarities between his works and ornamental paintings in folk architecture (the Waves 1991) or to the affinity to the abstract cave paintings.

By no means neglected was more formal ornamental painting, another field where practitioners blossomed out.

Some parts of the walls and the vault are decorated with ornamental paintings with herbal and faunal motifs and Hebrew texts.

First and foremost was Paul Gauguin, the starting point for ornamental painting.

The most fascinating aspect of these boats is their ornamental paintings following strict rules of popular origin.

Smaller ornamental paintings in the hotel date from the Hearst decade and were touched up or repainted by the Army.

During the reign of Nasereddin Shah Qajar (1848-1896) this building was substantially renovated and embellished with ornamental paintings.

Compared with the ornamental painting and fabric pieces he's best known for, though, the work in this show is Minimalist-plain.