I am a San Francisco Bay Area contemporary painter who works in a realistic style. I show the world from above and below, using fresh angles and points of view to help us see familiar subjects with newly sharpened eyes. I like to show how the rhythm and patterns of life reveal themselves in a contemporary way. My goal is to stimulate the imagination of the viewer. You may view this work in Playing With Color on this site. I use a limited color palette to convey my own interpretation of familiar scenes and subjects. By careful attention to value, temperature, and hue, my work shows how light and atmosphere affect how we see. I want to make viewers aware of the differences between the real and the invented.