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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".

2025/06/09

June 9, 2025
A scene of darkness, dominated by a volcano-like structure in the center. The volcano is spitting a geyser of greenish-white light and smoke into the heavy greenish clouds. A small path and staircase, carved into the surrounding rock, leads to the volcano. Mounted on a  plateau right off the path is a small building that suggests an outhouse. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/08

June 8, 2025
A small yellow path winds through a grassy meadow at night. The meadow is a blend of greens and yellows, speckled with small white and yellow flowers. The sky is a medium blue, with a large white crescent moon and stars. To the right of the path is a small yellow sign with the word "Exit" on it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/06

June 6, 2025
A log extends across a rocky chasm. Walking across the log is a slightly hunched, bearded figure with a crooked staff and a top hat. A clock key is sticking out of the figure's back. In the distance is the blurry suggestion of a forest. This painting is rendered in shades of bright pink, and signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/05

June 5, 2025
A small figure stands on a desert slope, under a vast yellow sky striped with light clouds. The slope is various shades of brown and dark blue, tinged with red at the horizon, and has striations that suggest the patterns of sand blown by wind. The figure is flying a kite that looks sort of like a sea creature, with a long tail and streamers and a shield-shaped body. The kite is reddish with shades of blue and purple, and has two round eyes. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/02

June 2, 2025
A flat, barren space—a desert, perhaps—with a neon-green-yellow sky and slightly darker ground below it. Blasting into the sky is a blazing white bolt of light that leaves a yellow trail behind it. It looks like a firework, or a rocket blastoff without the rocket. To the left of it is a figure, one arm extended, as though either warding off the bolt of light or summoning it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/30

May 30, 2025
A vast chasm between two steep, craggy sides of a cliff. The left cliffside is crimson with sunlight, fading to purple; the right cliff is mostly in shadow, with a thin edge of crimson on the left edge. The sky is blue. A pale, round moon sits in the top right of the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/25

May 25, 2025
A dark, grim space that shows a concrete floor and nothing else. In the middle of the concrete floor is a neatly drilled hole, like a manhole without a cover. A ladder protrudes from the darkness of the hole. Beyond, the room extends into darkness. Hanging from above is a glowing sign with white letters. While the glow is predominantly white, it ranges across a number of different colors: yellow, green, pink. The letters say "Open". The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/23

May 23, 2025
A hulking factory complex under heavy night clouds, an eerie radioactive glow throwing the blurry silhouettes of the smokestacks and buildings into sharp contrast. Small greenish lights are placed on the smokestacks and at a few points on the buildings. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/22

May 22, 2025
A dark gray sky, under which is a deep, well-like hole stretching down to infinity. Sitting in a chair at the edge of the hole is a figure holding a fishing pole. Hanging from the pole, dangling far down into the hole, is a string with a bright, green, glowing object at the end of it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/21

May 21, 2025
A blazing pink afternoon. A small figure wearing a hat walks between two large buildings. The figure has a clock key sticking out of its back; more disturbingly, both buildings have large eyes and are watching it intently. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/19

May 19, 2025
A person stands on a blue railway platform. To their right is a large clock on a pole. The sky in front of them is bright yellow fading to green and purple. Hovering in the sky and approaching is a blurry indeterminate object with rows of small lights along it, yellow sunlight shining off its underside. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". 

2025/05/18

May 18, 2025
A hot, yellow sky hovers over a strange city made of boxes. The boxes have no windows and one is arranged at an angle. A bridge with arches, similar to an aqueduct, extends away from one of the buildings. Walking along the bridge is a small figure pushing a dolly with a small package on it. A washed-out white sun hangs in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/17

May 17, 2025
A person attached to a giant iridescent balloon touches down on the edge of a reddish, rocky cliff. The sky is a bright red-orange. The balloon looks like a regular party balloon but is about the size of the person, with shimmering shades of blue, yellow, pink, and green. There is a small "Parking" sign at the edge of the cliff. The person is looking at their phone. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/14

May 14, 2025
A blue mountain sits under a yellow-green sky. In the sky are three shiny colored spheres that look like they are made of glass. The largest is red; the other two are blue and luminescent green. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/13

May 13, 2025
A darkening sky, filled with a chaotic mix of indigo, blue, and green. A slow burn of yellow and white light sits on the horizon. A large, glowing yellow-and-white smiley-face hangs from a spindly lamppost. Slouched under the lamppost, leaning against it, is a thin figure wearing a broad-brimmed hat and smoking a cigarette. The ground is illuminated from the face, and is a mix of purple, red, and orange. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

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".

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