[LexBaird]

Maybe the artist wasn't making the piece for others, but for himself (and he was probably aware of his own history).

That isn't art. That is masturbation. Art is communication.

[Your Nightmare]

Art is communication.

Really? Says who? And what and how is the artist suppose to communicate? If he's sad is he just to write "I am sad" on the canvas. If he's happy - a big smiley face? What if his understanding of happiness is different from yours? Should he portray his understanding, or yours?

[atlaw]

You might try some Kinkades. I hear they go well with "sunset gold" wall paint and knotty pine dining room suites.