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2025/05/09

May 9, 2025
A bleak, barren landscape under heavy clouds. A yellow glow hovers around the edge of the horizon. A small path winds over the landscape towards the viewer, barely visible in the last rays of the sun. To the left of the path stands a small, square, weathered sign. The sign has a blue border and a white center. In the center is a black cloverleaf icon, or "Bowen knot", that most of the world recognizes as the Mac "Command" key icon and the Nordic part of the world recognizes as a road sign that indicates a place of interest. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/28

April 28, 2025
A highway overpass—two distinct lanes, endless bridges supported by tall towers—dominates an uneven, scrubby landscape. The air is hazy and thick; the sky is an oppressive mixture of brownish gold and bright green. In the distance is the hazy suggestion of a city skyline. In the foreground, haphazardly sticking up from the weeds, are several small decrepit tombstones. A hazy sun hangs in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/22

April 22, 2025
An arched, decrepit stone bridge connects two large, dark mountains. Both have turrets on them; the turret on the nearer one is sharper, while the second mountain has a few blurry outlines of towers. The landscape is partially shrouded in fog and greenish light, to the point that it almost looks like it is underwater. A small road runs beneath the bridge. The sky is a bluish green, with a single bird. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/20

April 20, 2025
A cube that looks like it's made of rusty metal hovers in space. A black cat sits on top of it. The cube has a question mark symbol on one of its faces. The composition is a combination of earthy and soft colors, the sky transitioning from a dark earth brown to gold on the horizon. 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".

2025/04/08

April 8, 2025
Buried underground is a small, concrete room. On the left side is a glowing lightbulb casting a desolate yellow light. On the right side is a glowing blue screen. There is nothing else in the room. A tunnel leads up through the ceiling to an open hatchway. The sky is a darkening blue with a greenish tinge at the horizon. The ground is barren. No people are visible. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/23

March 23, 2025
An environment that is mostly red and yellow flames. The ground is a reddish blur with slight darker tones, and appears to be an inferno. Above, in the top right, is a glowing white flaming square with a red question mark in it, similar to the power-up boxes in the Mario universe. Below, slightly to the left, is a gray stone block of the same size with greenish highlights. Placed on top of it is a circular glinting treasure, something between a gold coin and a glass bead. In the lower left corner, standing directly in the inferno, is a small figure with a flaming white halo above its head. Above it, high in the sky, circles a large birdlike figure. 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".

2025/03/19

March 19, 2025
A blurry desert scene, like something from a dream. The sky is a bright yellow, with a blazing white blur of a sun in the top right. The landscape is flat and reddish brown, punctuated by mountains and a tall, towering promontory. Hovering on the sky, far sharper and clearer than anything else in the scene, is a shiny reddish saucer, the sunlight glinting off of. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/08

March 8, 2025
A blazing crimson sky, with a yellow sun hanging low over a distance hill, casting yellow light on the clouds. In the foreground, a hill slopes sharply down to the right. Hurtling down it is a large boulder, the sunlight glinting off it. Chasing along behind the boulder is a person. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/06

March 6, 2025
The middle of nowhere: a foggy, barren place that could be in the world of the living or somewhere on the outskirts of it. The ground is a charcoal gray, fading into a haze of fog. A small trail winds through it. Ahead, sticking up out of the fog, is a tall signpost with an oval "Open" sign at the top of it. The sign looks like something you'd see in the window of a gas station: red, all-caps LED letters, framed by a circle of blue LEDs. Standing in front of it, approaching it on the trail, is the dim outline of a person. The person is less than half the size of the sign. A single bird, barely visible in the fog, circles in the sky. 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".

2025/02/27

February 27, 2025
A lonely road runs past a decrepit telephone pole and two dim houses. The atmosphere is foggy. The telephone pole leans at an angle, broken wires dangling from it. The entire scene is a dull aqua green. Wandering along the road on the left side of the painting is a translucent, ghostly figure. High in the sky sits a translucent, ghostly sun. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/25

February 25, 2025
A person walks off a rocky cliff, striding into the air as though walking along an invisible path into empty space. The cliff, on the left side of the painting, is craggy and earth-toned, with sparse grass and weeds. The sky is a yellow-green. The person is carrying a long hiking staff and wearing a backpack. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/21

February 21, 2025
A small hill, on which is standing a tall rectangular obelisk. The obelisk has a minimalist face seen in profile: a long, straight nose and a vertical line for an eye. It looks very much like the "talking head" icon designed by Susan Kare for pre-OS X Mac system software. It is facing right. The scene is at night: the sky is dark blue and starry. The hill and obelisk are a dark indigo. Coming out of the face's mouth is a large glowing white-green speech balloon. It hangs in the air, glowing like an apparition. Standing at the base of the obelisk is a person. To the right of the person is a long ladder, leading up into the speech balloon. The person looks like they are about to climb the ladder. 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".

2025/02/15

February 15, 2025
A gray day and a snowy landscape. On a small hill stands a large metal statue, colored a heavy dark gray with greenish tinges. The statue is of a person wearing a coat, left hand in their coat pocket, right hand upraised as though giving a speech. The person's head is a box with a question mark on it, like you'd find in a Mario level. There is snow on the statue. In the background is a blurry brown suggestion of trees. 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".

2025/02/04

February 4, 2025
A silvery flying saucer hovers in a clear blue sky, the sunlight glinting off it. On the underside is a glowing white opening from which a beam of light extends down. Directly under the saucer is a conical hill covered in green trees. In front of the hill is a small yellow diamond-shaped sign; the kind you'd see on any North American road. The sign has a black icon of a flying saucer on it that matches the saucer behind it perfectly. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/03

February 3, 2025
A person wearing a fedora and a suit runs across a meadow at night, holding up a large butterfly net. They're trying to capture an object hurtling out of the sky. The object is small, the size of a large frisbee, and saucer-shaped. It is leaving a slight glowing trail. Both the front and back of the object are glowing white with heat. The sky is a greenish-blue, clear and starry. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/02

February 2, 2025
A small reddish hill under a red sky. Hanging in the sky to the right is the thin yellow crescent of a large moon. The horizon is golden. Placed on top of the hill with no one around it is a telescope pointed at the moon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/25

January 25, 2025
A tall, thin human figure walks through a dark meadow. The sky is a bluish-green and looks like late evening. The figure's head is a desk lamp, casting a glowing white beam. The figure is holding a magnifying glass in front of it, pointed towards the ground. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/23

January 23, 2025
An uneven brown desert surface sits under a reddish-orange Martian sky. A small brown Mars lander sits on the surface. The lander has three feet, a large parabolic dish aimed at the sky, and a smaller blue solar panel. Two large googly eyes are stuck on the side of the Mars lander. There is a ventilation slot on the side of the lander as well. The eyes are oriented up and to the left.

2025/01/21

January 21, 2025
A clear blue sky with bright yellow on the horizon, as though it is sunrise or sunset. A large person sits in a small boat that hovers in the sky. The person is holding a fishing rod. The line hangs down and is held in the hands of a smaller person standing on the ground. Yellow sunlight reflects off both people. The person is standing on a small hill. In front of the person, leading towards the viewer, is the dim bluish suggestion of a road. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/18

January 18, 2025
A barren wasteland under a yellow sky. Sticking up from the ground is a tall, rocky pillar about the size of a small house. The right side of the pillar is lit orange with what looks like a rising or setting sun. Most of the pillar is in shadow. On the left side, a small figure with a shovel has taken a major chunk out of the base of the pillar. The figure is standing on a pile of rubble. Sitting precariously on the top of the pillar is a large television set: the old kind, the cathode ray tube kind. The TV is about the size of a garden shed and is displaying bluish static. In the background are blurry orange suggestions of other distant rocky formations. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/16

January 16, 2025
A person in a top hat strides purposefully along, a gigantic metal wheel under their feet. The wheel is as tall as they are. They look like they are balanced on top of the wheel like a circus performer. The wheel looks like some sort of industrial component: five spokes, with a slight rusty tinge to it. It's traveling pretty fast, in the air slightly above the ground, kicking up bits of gravel. The ground around it is barren and rocky. On the horizon are blurry suggestions of trees. The person above is holding a gentleman's cane and an umbrella. Above, the sun hangs in the sky. This is a primarily grayscale painting. It is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/13

January 13, 2025
A single wall with an uneven top stands in a barren, yellow space that suggests a desert. The side of the wall facing the viewer is in shadow, and is nearly black. Nevertheless, one can make out the dim outlines of several large sheets of paper fixed to the wall. It's not visible what's on most of them, but the largest appears to have a portrait of someone wearing a dark jacket and tie. Two large, plastic googly eyes are pasted on the person's face. They are facing right. To the right of the wall and slightly behind it, walking out from behind it, is a dark silhouette of a person. The figure is casting a shadow towards the viewer. The person has a googly eye fixed to their head as well, and that eye is looking towards the wall. A bright white sun burns in the sky.

2025/01/07

January 7, 2025
A scene at dusk or dawn: a purple sky that still has stars, with pink clouds on the horizon. Standing in the foreground is a crude, gray, roughly humanoid-shaped wooden cutout, propped up by a clearly visible board. Spray-painted on the front in white paint is a clumsy approximation of a suit and tie. Two irregularly cut eyeholes are the closest thing it has to a face. Someone has placed a black fedora on its head. Standing behind it is a dark silhouette of a much smaller person, approximately a third the height of the cutout. The person is holding a hammer and seems to be the one who has created this in the first place.

2025/01/04

January 4, 2025
A snowy landscape. The sky is the dark blue of early morning or evening. On the left side of the painting is a blurry suggestion of snow covered trees. On the right side is the dark outline of a house with snow on the roof. The house has two dark, arched windows. In the leftmost window is a single burning candle. Looming behind the candle is a large, shadowy silhouette with two dim gray eyes. In the sky, hovering around the house, are three white shapes that look vaguely like comets, except that they are clearly moving independently and of their own volition. They look almost as though they are trying to find a way into the house.

2024/12/22

December 22, 2024
A reddish meadow under a reddish-yellow sky. Sticking up from the meadow is an extremely rickety, haphazardly constructed collection of nailed-together wood scraps that form a column of sorts. The column winds upward, looking more like a plant than something artificial. At the top, balanced impossibly on one of the boards and hammering in a nail, is the person building it. The person is mostly a silhouette. Below sits an equally disorganized pile of wood.

2024/12/20

December 20, 2024
A scene early in the morning or early in the evening. The sun is down, and the world is various shades of blue, with a dim gold tint around the horizon. In the foreground is a very tall, narrow, conical mountain peak. The mountain is black against the sky. At the top of the peak, seemingly built into the mountain, is a building with a pointed steeple. It's unclear where the building ends and the mountain begins. A single glowing window is visible below the steeple. Winding past the mountain below is a narrow road. In the distance is the faded treeline of a distant hill. In the sky to the upper right is the dull sliver of a crescent moon.

2024/12/17

December 17, 2024
A winter night. The ground is covered in snow. The sky is deep blue and filled with stars. A hazy, bluish humanoid form that looks like a ghost stands next to a round sign with a bus icon on it. On the left side of the painting is a blurry collection of dark tree branches in the distance. On the right side are black, more sharply defined branches with snow on them.

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