When I enjoy local and regional art shows and exhibits I notice a lot, in fact the majority, of what I see falls in a category that I call "decorative art." And there is noting wrong with that... "but" in a moment. In fact, sometimes I paint in the category, the painting shown here is a recent example. I think without reading other artist's minds that painting of this nature come from an artist's desire to please. The creativity process becomes distorted by that desire to ple