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2026/01/15

January 15, 2026
A small, tall but narrow wooden house sits at the end of a pier. The house is brown, about two stories, with a tall pointed roof, a red door, and a window with a red shutter. It has a weathered look to it. It's a gray day, with fog all around. The pilings holding up the pier disappear into the fog. Moss hangs from the underside of the pier. The house has a tall pipelike chimney with white smoke coming out of it. On the right side of the house is a glowing white light hanging from a bar. Sitting at the very end of the pier, looking out over the unseen water, is a black cat. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/06

January 6, 2026
A house-sized stack of precariously balanced reddish-gray boulders sits in the middle of a green field. They are held together by rusted metal bands bolted into the rock. It is early dawn or early evening; the sky is clear blue, with a tinge of pink on the horizon. A soft glow of sunlight is visible on the left. Sitting on top of the boulders is a person looking at a phone. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/28

December 28, 2025
A desolate, barren, gray desert stretches away under a deep indigo night sky that, despite the color, still appears overcast. In the foreground is what looks like an open manhole, the interior glowing green. Planted next to the hole is a triangular warning sign with a question mark. On the foggy horizon is a house with two windows glowing a dull green, and a small light. Beyond the house is a blurry mountain. Above both, filtering down through the clouds, are two blazing greenish-white lights. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/12/16

December 16, 2025
A blazing red sky, yellow at the horizon, and a rocky purplish hill sloping sharply to the right. Hurtling down the hill is a very large, round object that looks like an alien pocketwatch: dark blue, with glowing green characters and lines on its face, and several lines that look like clock hands. Barely managing to stay in front of it is a person about half the size of the watch. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/30

November 30, 2025
A strange, blurry landscape with the ruins of buildings. This is a dull blue-green world that looks as though it is underwater: misshapen hulks of walls and columns and the vague ghost of a road running between them. A dim light spot in the top right of the sky suggests a sun, and two huge birds circle about it all. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/25

November 25, 2025
The deep, foggy, gray woods. Thick trees loom in the background. In the foreground, a dark figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat and carrying a staff stands before a crooked signpost with two arrows. The white sun filters through the trees and fog. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/10/19

October 19, 2025
A wide blue open sea under a wide blue open sky. In the left of the sky, on the horizon, are some white clouds. A white sun sits in the top right of the sky. A blue-green stripe of light reflects off the water. This would be a lovely scene for sure if it wasn't portraying a place that used to have icebergs. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/10/16

October 16, 2025
A person hammers in a fence post for a barbed wire fence. The unusual aspect is that both the post and the person are standing in empty space, several feet past the edge of a cliff on which the fence originates. The person wears blue jeans and a reddish shirt. The sky is a greenish-yellow. Gravity is relative. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/27

September 27, 2025
A dull blue hour. In the foreground, sticking out of a rock, is a majestic sword with a shining golden blade and intricate handle with an inset purple jewel. Carved on the rock is the legend "Delete and Report Junk". In the distance, a blurry silhouette approaches the Sword of Delete and Report Junk. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/14

September 14, 2025
A dark, flat landscape under a dark gray sky. A pale greenish fog hangs heavy above the ground. Looming up from the horizon, out of the fog, is a tall tower with a pointed roof, a glowing green clock face reading 9:41, and a small chimney. Light-colored smoke is coming out of the chimney. Closer to the viewer, a tall figure wearing a hat and carrying a briefcase walks to the right. The figure has a clock key sticking out of its back. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/09/12

September 12, 2025
A lonely, rocky mountain peak under a yellow-green sky. Sticking out of the peak is a post with a sphere at the top of it. The sphere has a smiley-face carved into it. One half of the sphere is blue; the other is covered with runny neon-pink and yellow paint. The paint is being slathered on by a figure holding a large brush and a pink paintcan. Rivulets of pink, yellow, and blue paint run down the sphere and the posts it’s on, and then on down the mountain. The figure must have been working for a while, since the left half of the mountain is covered with paint. The right half is an emerald green. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/08/24

August 24, 2025
A small, very tall house sits on three thin legs on a barren surface of reddish soil. The legs look like those of a Mars lander. The house appears to have three stories: there is a weird metal circular hatch on the first level, two windows on the second, and a single arched window at the top, directly under the pointed roof. The house looks like it may have been something else earlier—a metal machine, or part of a rocket. The surface is rusty, tarnished metal with tinges of red and blue-green. It has odd holes and seams throughout it. The window on the left is a rusty rectangular gap; the window on the right is a well-maintained window with a plant in it. All windows are dark except for the topmost window, which is glowing green, perhaps reflecting the surrounding greenish-yellow sky. A white sun sits in the sky on the left; a dim mountain is visible in the distance. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/08/22

August 22, 2025
A person stands on a skyscraper. The left face of the skyscraper is illuminated with a bright greenish light that fades to a blurry indigo; the right face is mostly in shadow, with only one glowing window visible. The skyscraper stands against a primarily dark indigo sky, the contrast of which particularly brings out the green light. The middle of the sky has a bluish glow to it. Standing on the roof of the skyscraper, the person is flying a white kite with a red tail into the dark part of the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/13

August 13, 2025
A strange, remote place: a gray, rocky hill under a pink sky. At the top of the hill, looking more like an outgrowth of it than a placed object, is a tilted stone cube. Hovering around it are small, glowing wisps of light that appear sentient. In the background is the dim suggestion of a purple tree line. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/02

August 2, 2025
A city scene, at what could be high noon or a hot summer night. The sky is orange, with a yellow sun or moon visible. Tall, dark buildings are in the foreground, with faded outlines of more buildings in the background. The buildings in the foreground have lit orange windows. Launching up from the roof of the lower building is a figure wearing a jet pack. The rocket is spitting a tail of yellow fire. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/01

August 1, 2025
A large, rectangular head is balanced on a small hill. The head is vaguely shaped like the "talking head" icon on classic Macs. It looks like it is made of slightly iridescent stone or metal, and has a reddish-purple sheen to it. The face is craggy and alien in appearance. Its most striking feature is its glowing rainbow eye. The sky behind it is green, with a blazing white sun on the horizon. The sky is yellow at the horizon, with the sunlight turning the hill purple. A few birds circle in the sky above. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/07/30

July 30, 2025
A giant blue key hangs from a nail. The key is the shape of a regular house key, but has two large, staring eyes at the top and weird striations and lights all along it. It has a mouth with glowing teeth that look like circuitry. Below it, and to the left, is a small humanoid figure about a third the size of the key, reaching towards it. The background is a greenish blue fading to yellow. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/07/27

July 27, 2025
A humanoid figure with a bull's head stands on the end of a set of square stones floating in a blue sky. The stones are gray and beveled, and look like those from a Nintendo game. They are covered with grime and lichen, and have greenish moss hanging off them. In front of the bull, suspended from strings, are a white cartoonish cloud with sharply defined round edges, and a small green sign with "Goal" written on it in yellow letters. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/07/26

July 26, 2025
The blue silhouette of a person wearing a top hat stands in a blue-green field. The person is carrying a staff. Above them is the remnant of a stone bridge: a single half-archway, the top covered with grass and weeds. The sky is greenish-yellow. The blurry white sun sits in the top right. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/07/25

July 25, 2025
An airplane with a white body, a red stripe along the fuselage, and a blue tailfin takes off into a foggy sky. Standing on the runway, whirling a lasso, is a small figure who appears to have missed the plane by a couple of seconds. The runway looks wet; a yellow runway light reflects off it. In the distance is the foggy outline of an airport building and control tower, with a few glowing white lights on it. The sky is a heavy gray color. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/07/16

July 16, 2025
A figure with horns stands inside an archway of a tower. The tower is on a small, dark island surrounded by mist.  At the top of the tower is a circular opening with a bell inside it. A yellow neon sign reading "OPEN" hangs from the right side of the tower. The sky is dark blue, with a bright neon yellow-green glow coming from below. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/07/15

July 15, 2025
Several tall, obelisk-like rock formations rise from a barren blue landscape. The sky is crimson, with a bright white moon sitting high in the sky. Yellow fire covers the ground among the rock formations. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/07/08

July 8, 2025
A foggy, gray scene. Two tall structures loom in the background. They look sort of like skyscrapers, but have no windows. On the right side of both are two small, white, glowing lights. In the foreground is a dark, grassy surface. Placed on the surface among the grass is a dark cube with a question mark etched on the side. Above, in the sky, a large bird circles. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/07/07

July 7, 2025
A tall, almost vinelike tree with twisting branches, no leaves, and a dark purplish bark extends up into a bright yellow-green sky. In the top left of the sky is a round yellow sun. At the base of the tree, a figure holds a watering can. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/07/01

July 1, 2025
An ominous figure wearing overalls, a bowtie, and a flat brimmed hat stands against a blue sky. The figure is a dark purple, and is eerily lit from below with a reddish light, even though no light source is visible. The figure is holding up its left arm, at the end of which is a small yellow puppet theater with colored stars and a red roof. The theater’s window is framed by a rainbow. In the window is a small puppet wearing an orange shirt and a green stocking cap. The puppet has a simple yellow smiley-face for a head. In the sky above the figure is a white crescent moon. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/06/27

June 27, 2025
A hazy white sun in a heavy yellow sky. On the left is a tall, vaguely obelisk-shaped stone carved into a head. It has a craggy face, mouth curved in a frown; its eye is a hole, letting the sunlight through. The head is carved from reddish rock. In front of it is a small six-wheeled robot that looks like a Mars rover. The robot has a camera on the end of a robot arm, which is aimed at the head. The robot also has a free antennas and a solar panel. The ground is reddish soil. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/26

June 26, 2025
A tall lighthouse stands at the very edge of a small, rocky cliff. The lighthouse has two windows on the sides and a domed roof. In the sky to the right is a white sun. To the right of the lighthouse, a few white birds circle in the air. The lighthouse and cliff are drawn in blue; the sky and ocean are a mix of gray and white. Sticking out from the base of the lighthouse is a large crank, as though this is used to wind or power the lighthouse. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/25

June 25, 2025
A craggy pointed mountain peak sits under a blazing reddish-yellow sky. The mountain is dark and purpleish, the red rock reflecting the sun. In the top left of the sky is the faded yellow crescent of a very large, close moon. Sticking up from the top of the mountain are a small chimney and a television aerial, even though there is no other sign of a dwelling in sight. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/22

June 22, 2025
A heavy metal safe—the cubic kind with the dial in the center and the heavy hinges—sits on top of some metal pilings, in the middle of a barren black meadow. A little metal ladder leads up to it. The sky above is gray and cloudy. A small, irregular pathway winds towards the safe. Extending from the right side of the safe is a tall chimney made of black pipe. A wisp of white smoke is coming out of the chimney. To the right of the path is a mailbox. Someone seems to have built their house with the big bad wolf in mind. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/20

June 20, 2025
A small submersible craft hovers a few feet above the ocean floor. The craft is mostly black, with hints of a drab green metal exterior. Towards the rear is a glowing blue-green portal with a cat sitting in it. The front of the craft has a bubble-shaped windshield, also glowing blue. A small white light is on the hatchway. Someone is sitting behind the windshield, steering the craft. There is some tiny green text stenciled on the side of the submersible but it's too small to read. Directly below the craft, illuminating the underside, is a blazing white hole in the ocean floor. All around, the sea is dark blue fading to black. There are no other signs of life. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/12

June 12, 2025
A reddish yellow sky over the desert. In the distance and foreground are craggy reddish rock formations that reflect the yellow sunlight. Soaring overhead is a black, triangular craft that does not look like it's from this world. On the underside at its front is a glowing green circle. Glowing green lines are placed on the rear edges of both of its wings, and it has other lines that give it a sleek, alien appearance. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/11

June 11, 2025
A rural landscape at dusk. In the foreground are tree-covered purple hills, with a dark tree line on the left. A winding road runs through it. In the distance, sunlight burns greenish yellow on the horizon. The sky is blue shifting into deep indigo. On the horizon, but closer, is an oddly shaped tower. It emerges from the ground at an angle and then straightens up, with a larger area at the top like a turret. On the top are a few small antennas with glowing white lights. Behind the primary tower is a tall smokestack with smoke coming out. It has small glowing green lights on it, and looks like some weird industrial installation that doesn't correspond to any known design. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

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