Two years ago I suffered the trauma of a detached retina.  I was sent on an emergency basis to the University of California Medical Center, San Francisco.  Dr. Daniel M. Schwartz took my case and operated on my left eye on a Saturday morning.  Prior to the operation I had lost all but a fraction of the vision in the left eye and was seeing a black like no other black in this world.  I was terrified.  Dr. Schwartz saved the vision in my eye.  The healing process took months and his sincere confidence gave me the patience I needed to keep up good hope while the vision in my eye slowly returned to pristine clarity.  I will be forever grateful! 

Going through the trauma galvanized my inner vision and gave me a greater depth of understanding about what I want to create, and, when I thought about micro surgery on the delicate infrastructure of the eye and the patience, delicacy and extreme concentration that Dr. Schwartz would have had to have had during the surgery I was inspired to go into intricate detail in the rendering of this vision of a cherry tree in full springtime blossom.  Working on the painting was part of my healing process.  It was inspired by and is dedicated to him. 

Thank you Dr. Schwartz!

If you download this picture, save it, print it, or use it as a screen saver, please send a donation of any amount of money to the foundation, That Man May See to support Dr. Schwartz's work so that he can help more people.  Thank you! 

Dr. Schwartz is doing research to find a cure for macular degeneration.  If you would like to make a contribution to his work contact the foundation, That Man May See.  If anyone can find a cure, I do believe he can. 

That Man May See is a nonprofit, gift-supported public benefit corporation. Since its founding in 1971, That Man May See has raised over $40 million in endowments and operating funds to support research, teaching and patient care in the UCSF Department of Ophthalmology. Among its most significant accomplishments has been securing the funding for construction of the Beckman Vision Center, The Koret Vision Research Laboratory and the Vision Care and Research Unit at UCSF Medical Center. That Man May See also assisted with the fund-raising for the ophthalmology department's eight endowed professorships and its numerous research funds.

For more information about That Man May See, contact the Foundation:

Email: tmms@vision.ucsf.edu

Telephone: (415) 476-4016

Fax: (415) 476-5412

Address: 10 Koret Way, Box 0352, San Francisco, CA 94143-0352