This painting was inspired by the historic Cliff House in San Francisco, an elegant mansion perched above the pacific that burned down in 1907. In the painting the house is broken down with geometric facades revealing bursts of colorful activity inside. The walls of the structure appear two dimensional at the edges where the grey sky blends into the corners, yet windows open up to spaces that appear 3D. Warm oranges and reds could be from a fireplace lighting a winter party or from escaped flames on the verge of engulfing the house.