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2026/09/05

September 5, 2026
An irregularly shaped underground chamber, enclosed by gray concrete. A dark industrial doorway is built into a blue-gray wall, surrounded by thick green pipes. A fluorescent green-white light hangs above the door, which sits on a small rusty metal platform with cross-braced supports. Below, the chamber is partially flooded. To the right, shelves built into the wall support a rusty greenish cabinet with vents, and a brown box with an orange question mark on it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/09/01

September 1, 2026
A dark, crumbling castle rises from a shadowy blue-green landscape. The sun blazes behind it at the base, casting a blur of yellow light into the sky and reflecting off the side of the castle. A small arched doorway near the base glows bright green. In front, a winding gray path curves toward the foreground, the greenish light from the doorway reflecting off it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/08/16

August 16, 2026
A small window in a concrete room looks out on a blue sky with a few clouds. The walls of the room are covered with garish paint and graffiti. The window itself is framed with red paint, clearly not professionally done. Above the window is a heavy metal pipe hanging from the ceiling. Placed on the windowsill is a row of books. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/07/31

July 31, 2026
A tall figure wearing a cloak and a top hat walks through a stone archway. The figure is silhouetted in the white light blazing from the other end of the archway. They are holding a long staff. Iron bars are positioned at both ends of the archway. This is a primarily stone-gray painting, signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/07/26

July 26, 2026
A small house sits in a giant hole. One of the windows is lit yellow. Smoke rises from a chimney. Above, the sky is slightly cloudy and a yellowish-green. Someone stands on the edge of the hole, rather uselessly tossing dirt onto the roof of the house. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/07/24

July 24, 2026
A dark green ramshackle house hangs from a pulley that rolls along a cable. The house is suspended in the middle of a slightly cloudy blue sky. It is heavily patched together with boards and has a few graffiti tags on it. It has a door, a window, and then a round window under the roof. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/07/19

July 19, 2026
A rickety tower of stacked, roughly cubical, wooden shacks. Some have tinges of red or blue, like paint that has largely faded and flaked away. The topmost shack and one lower down have a round yellow window and dish antennae mounted on the top. Yellow light filters between the boards. The sky is blue, with pink on the horizon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/07/07

July 7, 2026
A set of four boulders, precariously stacked one on top of the other. The largest is at the top, and has a round window on the side. The lower two have smaller rectangular windows. All of the windows glow various shades of yellow. The top two have small black pipe chimneys coming out of them. In the red sky sits a bluish white moon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/07/04

July 4, 2026
A chaotically assembled skyscraper stands against a gray sky. It looks more like a haphazardly connected pile of junk: arches, beams, odd bits that stick out. Most of it is covered in equally chaotic red, grayish-white, and blue markings: stars and stripes that look like those on a US flag. From above, a beam is being lowered down, and someone standing on the top of the building is directing its placement. Other figures standing on the building appear to be actively destroying it with hammers and picks. Somehow it is still standing, although where it's headed seems questionable. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/31

March 31, 2026
A deep canyon, with craggy reddish cliffs on both sides. The sunlight is coming from the left, turning the upper half of one of the cliffs a bright orange. The sky is heavily cloudy and an eerie yellowish-green. On the left cliff, so close to the edge it looks like it is about to fall off, sits a white three-story house, one side blazing in the late afternoon sunlight. On the darkened side of the house, one window is lit. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/23

March 23, 2026
A dark, dingy book the size of a multi-story building stands in the middle of a drab gray meadow under a blue-green early evening sky. The book has a doorway without a door, and an upper-story window without glass, and looks like an abandoned building. A few faded graffiti tags are next to the door. Yellow tape is stretched across the doorway. In the window, a dim, ghostly figure can be seen. Two birds are in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/21

March 21, 2026
A surreal, industrial landscape: a lopsided stack of concrete shapes against a neon green sky. The shapes do not have the precision or symmetry of an industrial facility; they look thrown together haphazardly, with a chaotic collection of tall exhaust pipes bolted onto the back. The result is some sort of facility that looks like it was designed and assembled by a severely disoriented engineer. The concrete is grungy and cracked, with several graffiti tags visible. A small stairway leads down. The topmost box has a round hole and a rod sticking out of it, like a birdhouse. A bird can be seen flying off into the smoggy sky. A few hazy outlines of factories are visible in the distance. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/15

March 15, 2026
A dark figure stands in a doorway somewhere in a vast, stone building. The doorway is relatively narrow compared to its height, which reaches up indeterminately. The interior of the room in which the figure stands is dark. The doorway opens onto a hallway, which is brightly illuminated by white light from two very tall, glowing windows. The figure is clutching a dagger and appears to be waiting for someone. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/14

March 14, 2026
A tall, stone Greek letter pi stands against a yellow sky. The letter looks like a monument, and is slightly chipped and cracked. The ground is rocky and purple. There's a blurry yellow treeline in the background. A few birds circle above. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/06

March 6, 2026
A small, dark building that looks like an abandoned furnace sits in a dismal green meadow under a dismal green-brown sky. It looks like it is made of cast iron, and has a door with rounded edges. Sticking up from the top of it are two dangerously rickety chimneys. One is slightly larger than the other and looks like it is made from bolted-together scrap metal. The two are fastened together with small metal strips. The building is not abandoned, however: orange light glows between bars on the door, and from a small side window, and dull smoke is coming from the chimneys. Visible in the window is the dark profile of someone inside. A small mailbox sits to the left side of the building. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/02/25

February 25, 2026
A red clock tower stands in the middle of a town square. The tower has a conical red roof and a red pennant flying from the top. The clock is also red, with Roman numerals. The time it displays is 9:41. The tower appears to be in shadow, a yellow sun blazing in the orange sky behind it. Standing in the arched doorway of the tower is a person pulling on a rope. In the background are the shadowy silhouettes of towers and buildings. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/23

January 23, 2026
An elevator—at least, a small building whose front is entirely taken up with two silvery elevator doors—sits in the middle of a dusty yellow desert. The doors dimly reflect the orange-brown desert floor. On the right side of the doors are two round buttons. The top one is lit. Above the doors are the red LCD numerals of a floor indicator, showing "19". A blurry white sun sits in the yellow sky. Perched on the top left of the elevator are several small birds, one in mid-landing. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/02

January 2, 2026
A bizarre stack of ramshackle boxes assembled into a single building. There are three, each the size of a small shed, haphazardly bolted onto each other in a staggered pattern. All are a dark, tarnished indigo color. Each is held upright by rickety support, and some are connected by rusty pipes. The top one has a pointed roof, a crooked rusty chimney, and a rusty yellow warning sign fixed to it. The base one has an orange triangular warning icon on it. The middle one has a small room with a greenish window. The whole calamitous arrangement stands against a green-yellow sky. There are no signs of life, likely for a reason. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/20

December 20, 2025
A desolate yellow wasteland, under a desolate yellow sky. A white sun sits in the top left of the sky. Looming up from the ground is a haphazard structure that resembles a fireplace and chimney after the rest of the house has burned down around it. However, the structure is constructed in a diagonal manner that normal chimneys don't have. A crumbling column of brick lit a dull green by the sun, the structure has a few small rods and pipes sticking off of it. At the top of it, someone has spray-painted an eye and grinning mouth, which, combined with its overall shape, makes it look almost like a dinosaur. More graffiti covers the base. Where the fireplace would be is a small door. Hanging over the door is a small sign that simply says "Goal", the way the end-of-level indicators in Super Mario Land used to do. Sitting on the sign gantry is a black bird. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/18

December 18, 2025
A tall, narrow industrial structure stands in a green-orange meadow against a yellow sky. The building is made of concrete, is a dark blue-green color, and is the size and shape of a two-story phone booth. It has a number of pipes running up its sides. There is a small, barred door in the front, beneath a white light. There is a small fire-hydrant-ish thing in front of the door. The second story of the building has two narrow windows and looks like a Macintosh 128K computer with a Twiggy disk drive. Nothing is displayed on the screen. On the top of the building/computer are a few antennae. In the sky is a blazing white sun. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/15

December 15, 2025
A dull, blue scene: in the foreground, a concrete bunker that consists of a cylindrical base with a tall, slit-like window and a second story that resembles a small round tower with a conical roof. At the top of the first story is a handrail, indicating a narrow walkway. The tower also has a small slitted window. The bunker is decrepit, with a few faded graffiti tags and some crumbling concrete slabs around the base. It sits in a barren, open area with a blurry treeline in the background. There are no signs of life except two birds above it in the otherwise empty sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/02

December 2, 2025
A strange, heavily industrial building stands against a yellow sky. The building is tall—think of two differently-sized file cabinets stacked on each other—and looks more like a machine part or piece of equipment than a dwelling. It is a drab dark gray with a brownish tinge that suggests weathered concrete. The sides have numerous odd crevices, pipes, and striations, with a red triangle that suggests a hazard symbol painted on the right side. It has a few small windows that reveal a blue interior, as well as glowing white LED-esque lights embedded in the side. On the roof are a few antennas and a radio dish. Out front is a small mailbox. The grass around the building is tinged red from the sun. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/10/27

October 27, 2025
The Statue of Liberty, an enormous green metal statue of a woman wearing a robe and carrying a book and torch, stands against a gray sky. The statue stands on a brown stone base. In place of a torch, it is holding up a glowing white logo for the satirical publication The Onion. Quoting Thomas More, “The devil...the proud spirit...cannot endure to be mocked.” The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/10/11

October 11, 2025
A tall, thin skyscraper stands against a bright yellow sky. This is not the most inspiring of skyscrapers: drab-colored and skinny, with only one blue window at the top right. Pits, scars, and patches line its sides. The biggest scar, however, is being actively created by a large woodpecker-like bird perched on the left side of the building. The bird is pecking a giant gouge into the building's corner. The bird is mostly dark, with an iridescent green stomach, a red-tinged tail, and a red plume on top of its head. In the top left of the sky is a round white sun. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/18

June 18, 2025
A mostly abandoned landscape under a greenish-yellow sky. In the foreground is a large house with tall windows and an open garage door. The house looks like it is surrounded by tall grass. In the background is the dim outline of a factory building with two smokestacks. A hazy sun sits high in the sky. The only person in the scene is a witch with a tall hat, sitting on a broomstick and flying under the sun. This is a primarily yellow and green painting, signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/04

May 4, 2025
A large, dark, boulderlike object hovers above a blue surface. The object is slightly iridescent and has various windows stuck in it at haphazard angles, all of which glow with yellow-greenish light. Hanging from its underside is a small mailbox with a blue flag. Also hanging from the underside is a ladder, leading up into a glowing hatch. The sky is a greenish yellow. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/29

April 29, 2025
A foggy, eerily green place. Looming out of the fog is a tall tower-like house with a sharp, pointed roof and a small, crooked chimney. The house has just one window: an arched window up near the roof. It is dark, with an unsettling-looking figure looking out of it. The figure has glowing green eyes and a slightly purple, shapeless body. A similar tower is seen, farther off in the distance. In the sky sits a hazy celestial object that could either be a sun or a moon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". 

2025/04/21

April 21, 2025
A large, concrete building with no windows; the only opening is a giant hole smashed in the side of the building. Extending from the hole is a platform crudely attached to the side of the building. A figure stands on the platform, holding a large hammer. The building has a red billboard on the roof that reads "OPEN" in yellow letters. A pale moon sits in a bluish-pink sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/13

April 13, 2025
A lone car sits in a dark underpass, facing forward into a bright, misty light beyond the tunnel. There appears to be someone sitting in the car. The overpass structure is a textured, concrete brown, with a squarish support column on either side. Above the overpass, a single streetlamp stands against a pale, dull-colored sky. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman.”

2025/04/11

April 11, 2025
A tall, angular church structure stands against a vivid orange sky, its windows glowing with a bluish light. The building features a central steeple with a dim clock face, topped with a crosslike rod, and a smaller gabled section beneath it with tall blue windows. A missile rises diagonally from the left, trailing yellow exhaust as it exits from a hatchway in the roof on the right. A hazy yellow sun sits in the orange sky. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman.”

2025/04/10

April 10, 2025
A bright green and yellow scene. In the foreground,a spindly, leafless tree grows out of a square pot. One of the tree's branches ends in a street lamp; another ends in a chimney giving off white smoke, and a television antenna. In the background, the blurry outline of a tall building looms large. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/04

April 4, 2025
A small hill at sundown. On the top of the hill is a small, leafless tree: just a trunk and a few sparse branches. Placed in the top of the tree is a house that, while it is small, still looks entirely too large to be supported by the tree. The underside of the house is bright pink and yellow from the sun on the horizon. The house has a door in the front and a glowing yellow window on the side. It has a dish antenna sticking out of the roof. Hanging from a lower branch is a mailbox. The horizon glows pink and yellow, giving way to a dark blue sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

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