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2025/03/22

March 22, 2025
A darkening evening: The sky a navy blue with yellow-gold and lighter blue on the horizon. In the top right is the bluish sliver of a moon. In the foreground is what is either a very tiny tree with a large bird, or a normal-sized tree with an enormous bird. Either way, the tree is stunted and has no leaves and few branches. Hunched on one of the topmost branches is a large owl-like creature. Most of it is in silhouette; what is visible are two hornlike ears and two large, glowing yellow-green eyes. The last golden rays of sunlight glint dully off its feathers. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/09

February 9, 2025
A short, rust-colored robot wanders through a reddish field under a yellow sky. The sun sits in the top right of the sky. The robot's head and torso are large and boxy, with thin pipe-like arms and legs. The robot's head has three googly eyes stuck to it. On the front of its torso are some knobs, dials, vents, and a rectangular exposed compartment with red wires in it. It is facing the viewer, holding up its left hand. Perched on its hand is a reddish bird with a green iridescent tinge to it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2024/12/27

December 27, 2024
A tall figure stands against a yellow green background, holding a sword in one hand. The point of the sword is against the ground. Where the figure's head would be is a balcony with a small roof over it. A person is leaning over the balcony, releasing a large bird into the sky. A yellow sun hangs in the top right of the painting.

2024/12/10

December 10, 2024
A person sits on the corner of what looks like the edge of an unfinished building: a point where multiple iron beams join. The person appears to be high up, silhouetted against the pinkish-blue sky. The person is holding out a birdfeeder which several small white birds are hovering around.

2024/10/04

October 4, 2024
A small orange bird with blue-green plumes sits in the branches of a blue tree. The branches are highly complex. Hanging down from one of the lower branches is a yellow apple. The tree has equally intricate indigo roots. The entire drawing is set on a dark starry background. A round white moon hangs in the sky.

2024/08/26

August 26, 2024
A grayscale drawing of a tall person walking at night under a full moon. There's a blurry forest in the background. The person has a scarf draped around their neck, and is wearing a very tall stovepipe hat. The hat has a hole and a small perch sticking out of it, like that of a birdfeeder. Flying in front of the moon is a large dark bird.

2024/08/22

August 22, 2024
A movable platform, like that a window washer would use, attached to the side of some iron girders; perhaps an unfinished skyscraper. A person is standing on the platform applying a tool that looks like an acetylene torch to a spot on the girder. The white glow reflects off the person. Perched on top of the arm from which the platform is suspended is a large bird. The sun hangs in the yellow sky.

2024/03/09

March 9, 2024
A small, sparrow-like bird with a red eye, oddly long, spindly legs, and no tail stands on top of a small, rocky promontory. The way it's standing is more like how a person would stand. The bird is mostly black, silhouetted against a blazing yellow and orange sky. It has highlights of iridescent green. The strangest thing is that it has a clockwork key sticking out of its back and a glowing white halo over its head.

2023/11/01

November 1, 2023
A scarecrow with two stick legs, no head, a large wide-brimmed hat, and a tattered T-shirt with a smiley-face symbol on it. The scarecrow stands under a blazing sun in the middle of a meadow with a couple of stalks nearby. A black bird is perched on the scarecrow's hat. The scarecrow and field are black; the sun is white; the background is orange.

2023/09/05

September 5, 2023
A large bird-like creature stands on a branch at night. The creature looks a little like an owl, with long pointed ears, but has a face more suggestive of a cat. In the center of the creature's chest, there's a round, brightly lit yellow window with someone looking out of it. The creature's eyes are also round and yellow. The creature stands against a starry sky.

2023/08/09

August 9, 2023
A blue background on which is placed a white shield. The white shield has an orange, birdlike symbol on it, vaguely suggestive of an eagle or thunderbird. There is a star where the bird's head would be. Pasted onto the shield in the upper region are two googly eyes.

2023/07/15

July 15, 2023
The stump of a tree rises from fog. This is a relatively tall stump, maybe a quarter or third the height of the original tree. On top of the stump sits a large, roundish bird with an owl-like face, hunched into its wings. Sticking out from one side of the stump is a small clawlike hand, holding a large blue egg. Above is a hazy sun.

2023/07/08

July 8, 2023
A roughly cut rocky slab with a large arched window in it stands among grass. It's a puppet theater, in which a production is taking place: two round faces on sticks interact. The two faces resemble Facebook's "angry" and "haha" emoji. The angry face is looking up at the laughing face. The angry face has a beard; the laughing face, placed above it, has spiky hair. Above the two figures hang items intended as scenery: a cloud and a lightning bolt, both suspended from the top of the window by threads. There's a wispy suggestion of clouds in the top left of the sky. Perched on top of the right side of the theater is a black bird that looks a little like a crow. Below the window, on the front of the theater, is carved a mask, one side of which is frowning, and one side of which is smiling.

2023/06/29

June 29, 2023
A chunk of carved stone or clay, with an imprint in it. It's an irregularly shaped object with the carved imprint of a bird on it. The bird, which looks like a sparrow or some small songbird, is vaguely anthropomorphic: it has humanoid legs, wings spread, and it appears to be wearing a shirt with pockets and a tie. If I was still in college, I'm sure I could conjure up some paragraphs explaining how meaningful this is, but I'm not, so it's a bloody sparrow wearing a tie and let's leave it at that.

2023/06/25

June 25, 2023
A person wearing a v-neck sweater and T-shirt. Just the person's upper half and head are visible, like a portrait. The thing about this person is that their head is a large, spherical boulder. On top of their head is perched a small bird.

2023/03/27

March 27, 2023
A grassy hilltop, except it's a man with a huge long beard. The man's head is like a boulder sticking up from the hilltop. The man's head looks mostly shaved, except for a grassy area on the top like hair. On top of the man's head stands a small figure holding binoculars, watching a bird circle overhead.

2023/03/11

March 11, 2023
A robotic figure with two mechanical arms and humanoid legs that seem to be wearing slacks and shoes. The torso of the figure has a window, in which is viable the profile of a person, as though sitting in a stagecoach. The robot is carrying a suitcase and paper shopping bag by the handles. Placed on top of the robot, where a head would be, is an empty wire birdcage. Perched on the round shoulder of one of the robot's arms is a crimson bird with a long tail.

2023/02/16

February 16, 2023
A bird emerges from an iridescent egg

2022/07/08

July 8, 2022
A person with a sphere for a head holds up a torch in a surreal desertlike envronment

2022/05/21

May 21, 2022
A person stands on the rooftop of an abandoned building next to a graffiti-covered water tank. The person seems to be attracting birds.

2022/03/01

March 1, 2022
A figure stands on top of a house in the fog, holding out a hand to an approaching bird

2022/02/21

February 21, 2022
A forest at night. A shadowy figure stands in the woods, watching a bright white swan swim in a tiny pond

2022/01/04

January 4, 2022
A black bird sits in the forest, perched on a dead tree
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