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2025/02/01

February 1, 2025
A bright red ghost stands in the dark, surrounded by glowing bioluminescent-green mist rising up from the ground. The ghost looks like the silhouette of a person covered in a bright red sheet. Its left arm is outstretched and hazy, fading out. It is holding a bright red balloon on a string. There is no visible light source, but it seems to be lit from two directions: an eerie greenish-blue light from the rear, and a yellow light from the front. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2024/11/12

November 12, 2024
A small, grass-covered chunk of earth hovers in the air, like a tiny island in the vast blue sky. Sitting on top of the chunk of earth is a boxy, dark blue robot, its back to the viewer. The robot is holding onto a large red balloon, which might be keeping the island aloft. A few birds are in the distance.

2024/07/24

July 24, 2024
A scene that could be either a meadow or something underwater. A large yellow fish with a red mouth like a shark soars over a meadow of bluish grass. The fish looks like it is an inflatable balloon. Dangling from it is a string. Holding onto the string is a person about half the size of the fish. The person is dangling above the grass, or the underwater weeds, whatever they are. The background of the drawing is an eerie blue.

2024/06/16

June 16, 2024
A headless figure, its right arm placed on its hip, stands casually in a large white space, casting a slight gray shadow. Above, a red balloon with a long string flies away from where the figure's head would be.

2024/05/23

May 23, 2024
A small dirt road cuts through a scrubby area with low trees and high weeds. In the lower left is a small wooden sign, pointing to the road, but no letters are visible on it. Farther down the road is a small figure wearing a hat and carrying a staff. There appears to be a slight haze of fog hanging over the road. In the distance, high in the sky, is a huge red heart-shaped balloon with yellow stars printed on it. The sky is gray and cloudy. A few birds circle high above. This is a primarily gray and dull blue drawing.

2024/03/23

March 23, 2024
A river winds through a flat meadow with trees on the horizon. Above is a vast, open sky, covered with banded clouds. In the top left of the sky is a black hot-air balloon.

2024/01/30

January 30, 2024
A desert sun, low in the sky. Below it is a red mountain with a small figure standing at the very top of it. The figure is holding a string attached to a huge black balloon, high above the ground. The sky is mostly shades of yellow, and the mountain is black, with red highlights.

2024/01/08

January 8, 2024
A very simple fish—imagine a goldfish cracker—floats in a black space. The black space is accented by irregular blue shapes that look almost like fragments of something. The fish is multiple colors: orange, gold, and iridescent green, mixed together. It has a large, round eye that resembles a spherical window. A long, thin string extends below it, as though it's a balloon. The string is held by a small red-orange figure standing among green and yellow grasses.

2023/12/22

December 22, 2023
A desert at either sunrise or sunset. The sky is burning shades of yellow and crimson; the desert floor is a dark bluish-black. The horizon is mostly flat, punctuated by one tower of rock in the distance. Stretching towards the viewer is the dim blue line of a road. A single car is visible, the yellow headlights glowing dimly. Hovering above the scene are two huge, spherical balloons, reflecting the colors of the sky. They look like the size of planets, but are probably smaller. Hanging beneath them are tiny baskets. Both have small, glowing lights on the top.

2023/11/29

November 29, 2023
A large, blobby, red smiley-face that seems to be made of candy, melted plastic, or some sticky substance. The smiley-face looks like it is suspended in the air; dangling from it is a long drippy strand. Standing below the face is a small person, holding the strand as though it's a balloon string. The face is much bigger than the person, and looks like it's the size of a weather balloon in comparison. The background of the drawing is light gray, and the person is midnight blue.

2023/11/15

November 15, 2023
A large, spherical cartoon bomb, but upside down and hovering in space, so the fuse is hanging below it. Standing under the bomb, holding the fuse as though the bomb is a giant balloon, is a small figure. The fuse is lit. The drawing is black ink on an orange background, with the lit fuse and reflections rendered in white.

2023/10/29

October 29, 2023
A person holds a string attached to a very large crimson balloon floating above their head. The balloon is the size of a small cottage. Instead of being spherical, though, the balloon looks like a rose, albeit one with smoother, simpler petals: something that might have been created by a machine. The rose is crimson; the person is a black silhouette; the background is a light featureless blue.

2023/08/30

August 30, 2023
A mountain peak, a clear blue sky, and a bright yellow hot air balloon drifting in the top right. In the top left is an eagle, high above the mountain. There is no more to this place than this.

2022/08/29

August 29, 2022

2022/02/16

February 16, 2022
A person in a hot-air balloon feeding birds
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