Instead of applying a transform for every RenderObject, pass down an Offset for where to paint.

sky/sdk/lib/example/raw/spinning_image.dart

 // Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import 'dart:math' as math;
 import 'dart:sky';
 
 import 'package:sky/mojo/net/image_cache.dart' as image_cache;
 
 double timeBase = null;
 
 Image image = null;
 String url1 = "https://www.dartlang.org/logos/dart-logo.png";
 String url2 = "http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/581/296/c09.jpg";
 
 void beginFrame(double timeStamp) {
-  if (timeBase == null) timeBase = timeStamp;
+  if (timeBase == null)
+    timeBase = timeStamp;
   double delta = timeStamp - timeBase;
   PictureRecorder recorder = new PictureRecorder();
   Canvas canvas = new Canvas(recorder, new Size(view.width, view.height));
   canvas.translate(view.width / 2.0, view.height / 2.0);
   canvas.rotate(math.PI * delta / 1800);
   canvas.scale(0.2, 0.2);
   Paint paint = new Paint()..color = const Color.fromARGB(255, 0, 255, 0);
 
   // Draw image
   if (image != null)
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   return false;
 }
 
 void main() {
   image_cache.load(url1, handleImageLoad);
   image_cache.load(url1, handleImageLoad);
   view.setEventCallback(handleEvent);
   view.setBeginFrameCallback(beginFrame);
 }