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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".

2025/04/02

April 2, 2025
An orange sky, and below it, a small castle turret on its own. The turret sits on a dark patch of grass. An arched doorway glows with yellow light.  Far off in the distance, on another hill, is the blurry silhouette of what is presumably another turret, a yellow window visible. High in the sky sits a yellow crescent that seems too large to be the moon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/26

March 26, 2025
A tall orange building stands under a heavy, foreboding sky. The upper part of the sky is a heavy brownish gray; towards the horizon is a reddish glow. The building stands on the right side of the painting. It's not modern architecture, and looks more like an old fortress: heavy walls, very few windows. It is orange, and almost seems to glow in the dark surroundings, as though it's lit by sunlight filtering through somewhere. The only sign that it's inhabited is a small window on the right side of the building, which is in shadow. That window glows an eerie green, casting a dull glow on the ground beneath it. A thin, winding trail leads away from the building towards the viewer. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/25

March 25, 2025
Several green forested hills stretch under a greenish sky. Floating in the sky like a balloon is a small cabin. The cabin has no obvious means of staying in the sky, and floats of its own accord. It is tethered to one of the hills by a long rope. Moss hangs from the underside of the cabin, and from several points on the rope. The cabin has two yellow windows and a door with small yellow windows on it. Smoke rises from the cabin's chimney. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/24

March 24, 2025
The end of a concrete dock at night. The sky is a deep blue and filled with stars. A low layer of greenish mist covers the water. The dock is low and flat, with a few leaking pipes on the side. On the dock itself is a small, boxy shack with a large dish antenna mounted on the roof. The shack and antenna are lit on the right side by a pale source of light located offscreen; maybe the headlights of a parked but running car. On the left side of the shack, facing out to sea, is a glowing white light. At the very end of the dock, a figure stands, holding a glowing yellow lantern out over the water. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/20

March 20, 2025
A strange hunk of something stands in a foggy area under a cloudy greenish sky. In the sky are the hazy forms of not one but two blazing white suns. The something looks like it is constructed of concrete: a lone fragment of what was probably an unusual, perhaps alien structure, going by the irregularly placed round windows. Rebar sticks up from the rough edges. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/14

March 14, 2025
A dark, cloudy, city night. The sky is heavily overcast; the whole scene is an oppressive brownish gray. In the foreground, a figure stands on the roof of a building. The figure is in an action pose, as if they're ready to leap into the sky. A low fog surrounds them. They have a Greek letter "pi" on the back of their outfit, and two squarish horns on their head. Hovering in the sky, projected against the clouds, is a ghostly greenish spotlight that also has a Greek letter "pi" at its center. In the distance are other skyscrapers, the windows dimly illuminated in the fog. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/12

March 12, 2025
A sheer cliff. Built on the very edge, to the point that it is hanging off the edge, is a small, rickety house. It is leading over the emptiness at an ominous angle, propped up by one board against the side of the cliff. Hanging in front of the house, suspended from a long, slapdash signpost, is a small sign that just says "Open". In the back of the house is a window, in which a person is standing. There is another small window under the roof peak. The sky is filled with yellow clouds. A blazing white sun sits in the top right. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/01

March 1, 2025
A small stone bridge crosses a river. It's night; the sky is a deep blue. Silhouetted against the sky is a cylindrical tower with a tall, conical roof. The bridge is connected to the tower, and a small doorway faces out onto the bridge. A slight haze hangs over the water. There is a dark, blurry suggestion of trees in the distance. The bridge and tower are dimly illuminated by a soft blue light that could be moonlight, but there is no visible moon. The only thing in the sky is a comet, glowing blue. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/20

February 20, 2025
Either early morning or late evening: most of the sky is still a dark, heavy blue. There is a slight bluish glow on the dark horizon. On a small hill is a large industrial complex: smoke stacks and piping, with a few glowing red and green lights. It appears to be unpopulated. Glowing green smoke comes from two of the stacks. In the foreground, the ground is a dark indigo. A dim road winds along the ground towards the viewer. Driving along the road is a small car, the headlights casting a yellow glow in front of it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/12

February 12, 2025
An aged signpost that consists of several rough-looking slats of wood nailed to an uneven log stands in the middle of a green meadow. The sky is clear and blue. In the background can be seen two small houses with red roofs. The topmost sign points to the left, although the way it's mounted, it is also pointing towards the sky. The word "cancel" is roughly painted on it in drippy white letters. The second sign points to the right and has the word "reject" in red, similarly rough lettering. The last sign points to the left and slightly down and has the word "OK" in light blue lettering. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/10

February 10, 2025
A tall, dark brown column of soil stands isolated,a greenish-yellow sky in the background. The column is shaped a little like a tornado, the top part flat, tapering off toward the base. The ground it's standing on is unseen. The effect suggests ground at a higher elevation, hollowed away by erosion or heavy machinery until only a remnant of the original topography remains. Sticking out of the column of soil are small roots. Sitting on the flat part is a small red house with two white-framed windows, a chimney, and a tiny porch. In front of the house is a red mailbox. In the sky, two birds are circling. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/07

February 7, 2025
A dark blue night with a hazy sliver of a moon and no stars. Looming in the background is the vast silhouette of a classical building that resembles the front of the Parthenon: a wide triangular pediment supported by eight columns. The sky is seen between the pillars, suggesting that much of the building is gone. The moonlight reflects dimly off the right side of the pediment. Gathering in front of the building are the dark silhouettes of a crowd of people, some of whom are carrying glowing yellow candles and torches. A low bluish haze covers the ground. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/31

January 31, 2025
A blazing yellow and orange sky over a dark maroon field. Hovering in the sky is a vast, roughly teardrop-shaped rock with a churchlike building on top of it. The building has a tall central steeple and multiple pointed roofs. Both the building and the rock are a dark maroon. The bottom of the rock is illuminated crimson, suggesting the sun is near the horizon. The building has glowing red and yellow windows. A few birds are in the air around the building. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/05

January 5, 2025
A tall, dark, greenish tower with a pointed roof and an arched belfry. Sitting in the belfry, where a bell would otherwise be, is a blurry dark shapeless figure with two glowing eyes and a white halo above its head. Protruding from the right side of the belfry is a rod with a small yellow sign hanging from it. The sign has the word "open" on it. In front of the tower, about half its height, is a small mustard-yellow booth, also with a pointed roof and a large arched window. Sitting in it like a ticket taker is a figure who looks a little like a monk: shaved head, greenish robes. There is a suggestion of trees in the background. A bright white sun sits in the top right of the yellow sky. Sitting on the roof of the larger tower is a dark bird. This painting is done primarily in shades of gold, brown, and dark green.

2024/12/29

December 29, 2024
An impressionist scene of an abandoned building at night. The building is an old stone house missing a roof. One inner wall of the house is visible; an arched window lets in moonlight. On the wall facing the viewer is an empty arched doorway with a few stairs beneath it. A small stony hill leads down from the building. Greenish moonlight reflects off the hill. In the sky, the moon blazes white. This is a predominantly blue painting composed with heavy brushwork and bright colors. The brushstrokes surrounding the moon are a mix of white, yellow, bright, green, and various shades of blue.

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.

2024/12/23

December 23, 2024
A person stands in what appears to be a museum, phone upraised, aimed at a giant sculpture of a head. The head is large and misshapen, and appears to be carved from dark gray stone. It is easily the size of a small hut, towering over the person. It is mounted on a thin pole, which itself is planted in a large block of concrete. There's a small red barricade between the head and the person. The eye of the head is a glowing yellow window, in which is seen the silhouette of another person.

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