I've always found that Mountain Goat delivered awe-inspiring paint work (and construction, for that matter) on their bikes, for my eye at least
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1982 Mountain Goat w/ infamous 'Camouflage' Paint
1987 Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer w/ 'Smoke' Paint
1987 Mountain Goat Escape Goat w/ 'Shark/California Yuppie-esque' Paint
1988 Mountain Goat Deluxe w/ 'Hot Rod' Flames Paint
1988 Mountain Goat Escape Goat
1989 Mountain Goat Escape Goat
1989 Mountain Goat Deluxe
1990 Mountain Goat Deluxe w/ 'Prismatic' Paint
1990 Mountain Goat Deluxe w/ 'Kisses' Paint
1991 Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer
Another personal favourite, in many areas, is Grove Innovation's products.
1989 Grove Hard Core
1991 Grove Hard Core
I've long had a desire to own a classic Salsa bicycle, I love the paint work and the general design of their products - funky yet highly functional.
1984 Salsa Pooftaflage
1990 Salsa Ala Carte
Miscellaneous admiration:
1989 Talon Slayer
1991 Trimble
1992 LeMond
As I've demonstrated by the luridity of my colour choices, I adore a splatter paint effect but I do profess to enjoying a level of simplicity too. I really enjoy the simple, refined two-tone paint of early Pott(s), Ritchey, Salsa, etc..
» All above images and bicycles are belonging to Mombat - if you haven't already perused their extensive MTB collection, I highly recommend you do: http://mombat.org/MOMBAT/index.html
Away from Mombat's wonderful selection, I've always had a soft spot for the ever-so exotic Land Shark brand, in particular their paint